The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?
Mo Yan

Ted Chiang

Liu Cixin

Ken Liu
2 Who translated The Three-Body Problem into English?
Ted Chiang

Joel Martinsen

Ken Liu

Liu Cixin
3 In what country was The Three-Body Problem originally published?
The United States

Canada

China

Japan
4 In what year was The Three-Body Problem first published?
2004

2000

2008

2012
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?
2014

2020

2016

2018
6 The Three-Body Problem was...
The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

The first Asian novel to win a Hugo Award for Best Novel

The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

All of these options are true
7 What is the character Wang's first name?
Weisi

Cixin

Miao

Qiang
8 Who are the protagonists of The Three-Body Problem?
Shi and Ding

Commissar Lei and Chief Weining

Shi and Wang

Ye and Wang
9 What happens to Ye Wenjie's father?
He's killed during a struggle session

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed by her sister, Wenxue, who joined the Red Guard
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?
She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons
11 What happens to Ye Wenjie's mother?
She's killed by Trisolaran sophons

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed during a struggle session

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, also known as the Little Red Book

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
13 Why is Ye Wenjie taken to Red Coast Base?
Her contact with the Trisolarans

Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her scientific expertise

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base
14 What is Wang's hobby?
Landscape photography

Downhill skiing

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?
A class Ye Wenjie teaches at Tsinghua University

A group of intellectuals that come together to ask: What is the limit of science?

A military branch of the ETO

An underground group of intellectuals developed to preserve scientific knowledge during the Cultural Revolution
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?
Science fiction author

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Police captain

Theoretical physicist
17 What is Shi Qiang's nickname?
Ding-dong

Qiang the Conqueror

Da Shi

Smokestack
18 What is Wang's first impression of Shi Qiang?
Wang wants to get to know him better

Wang is jealous of him

Wang thinks Shi is trying too hard to impress the Battle Command Center

Wang despises him
19 Who runs the Battle Command Center?
Commander Chang

Chief Weining

Commissar Lei

General Stanton
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?
He was her professor of applied physics at Tsinghua University

She was his coauthor on academic papers during their time at Tsinghua University

He never actually met her, but he saw her once at a worksite and was mesmerized by her

She corrected him at a nuclear reactor in front of his employees, embarrassing him
21 Who was Yang Dong's boyfriend?
Ding Yi

Ye Zhetai

Shi Qiang

Wang Miao
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?
Ye Wenjie

Shen Yufei

The novel doesn't say

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base
23 What did Yang Dong write her suicide note on?
Pig skin

Birch bark

Her forehead

The wall of her particle reactor
24 Where does Wang go after his first meeting at the Battle Command Center?
Church

Ding Yi's house

His office

Home
25 What is Wang's job?
Communicating with the Trisolarans

University professor

Tracking cosmic background radiation

Developing nanomaterial

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