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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?
(a) 1607.
(b) 1568.
(c) 1658.
(d) 1574.

2. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mary.
(c) Peter the Apostle.
(d) God.

3. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
(a) By the number of good works the people perform.
(b) By the amount of money the people give to the church.
(c) By how much the people wish to remember.
(d) By the number of times the people receive the sacraments.

4. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?
(a) 1571.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1552.

5. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?
(a) Diplomacy and nationalism over expansion.
(b) Pomp and circumstance over actual combat.
(c) Expansion over diplomacy and nationalism.
(d) Actual combat over pomp and circumstance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?

2. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?

3. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?

4. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?

5. In what other way were mnemonic devices used during the 16th century?

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