The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

By Hannah Lindsey · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed January 20, 2023

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?

Ted Chiang

Mo Yan

Ken Liu

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

Ted Chiang

Ken Liu

Liu Cixin

Joel Martinsen
3 In what country was The Three-Body Problem originally published?

Canada

The United States

Japan

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

2004

2008

2012

2000
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?

2016

2018

2014

2020
6 The Three-Body Problem was...

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

The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

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?

Cixin

Miao

Qiang

Weisi
8 Who are the protagonists of The Three-Body Problem?

Ye and Wang

Shi and Wang

Shi and Ding

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 by Trisolaran sophons

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed during a struggle session
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

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

She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

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

Her scientific expertise

Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her contact with the Trisolarans

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

Downhill skiing

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

Landscape photography

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?

A military branch of the ETO

A class Ye Wenjie teaches at Tsinghua University

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
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?

Police captain

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Theoretical physicist

Science fiction author
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 despises him

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
19 Who runs the Battle Command Center?

Chief Weining

General Stanton

Commander Chang

Commissar Lei
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?

Shi Qiang

Ding Yi

Wang Miao

Ye Zhetai
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

Ye Wenjie

The novel doesn't say

Shen Yufei
23 What did Yang Dong write her suicide note on?

Birch bark

Pig skin

The wall of her particle reactor

Her forehead
24 Where does Wang go after his first meeting at the Battle Command Center?

Ding Yi's house

Home

His office

Church
25 What is Wang's job?

Developing nanomaterial

University professor

Communicating with the Trisolarans

Tracking cosmic background radiation

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