The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?
Mo Yan

Ted Chiang

Ken Liu

Liu Cixin
2 Who translated The Three-Body Problem into English?
Liu Cixin

Joel Martinsen

Ken Liu

Ted Chiang
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?
2000

2008

2012

2004
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?
2020

2016

2018

2014
6 The Three-Body Problem was...
The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

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

The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

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

Miao

Qiang

Cixin
8 Who are the protagonists of The Three-Body Problem?
Ye and Wang

Shi and Ding

Shi and Wang

Commissar Lei and Chief Weining
9 What happens to Ye Wenjie's father?
He's killed by her sister, Wenxue, who joined the Red Guard

He's killed during a struggle session

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?
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

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons
11 What happens to Ye Wenjie's mother?
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
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, also known as the Little Red Book
13 Why is Ye Wenjie taken to Red Coast Base?
Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her scientific expertise

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base

Her contact with the Trisolarans
14 What is Wang's hobby?
Landscape photography

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

Downhill skiing

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?
A group of intellectuals that come together to ask: What is the limit of science?

An underground group of intellectuals developed to preserve scientific knowledge during the Cultural Revolution

A military branch of the ETO

A class Ye Wenjie teaches at Tsinghua University
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?
Science fiction author

Theoretical physicist

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Police captain
17 What is Shi Qiang's nickname?
Ding-dong

Da Shi

Smokestack

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

Wang despises him

Wang is jealous of him

Wang thinks Shi is trying too hard to impress the Battle Command Center
19 Who runs the Battle Command Center?
Commander Chang

Commissar Lei

General Stanton

Chief Weining
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?
She was his coauthor on academic papers during their time at Tsinghua University

She corrected him at a nuclear reactor in front of his employees, embarrassing him

He was her professor of applied physics at Tsinghua University

He never actually met her, but he saw her once at a worksite and was mesmerized by her
21 Who was Yang Dong's boyfriend?
Ye Zhetai

Shi Qiang

Wang Miao

Ding Yi
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?
An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

The novel doesn't say

Shen Yufei

Ye Wenjie
23 What did Yang Dong write her suicide note on?
Pig skin

Her forehead

Birch bark

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

Home

Ding Yi's house

Church
25 What is Wang's job?
Tracking cosmic background radiation

Communicating with the Trisolarans

University professor

Developing nanomaterial

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