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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
(a) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(b) King Sebastian of Portugal.
(c) King John III of France.
(d) King Edward of England.

2. Matteo Ricci lived during which period of time?
(a) The Enlightenment.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Reformation.
(d) The Medieval Period.

3. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
(a) Clergy and city fathers.
(b) Italian soldiers.
(c) Local sheriff and deputies.
(d) Macerata police.

4. With whom were Macerata's rural poor fighting?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Landowners.
(c) Bandits.
(d) City officials.

5. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", how did Ricci believe that humans could remember anything?
(a) By reciting over and over.
(b) By singing a song about the thing to be remembered.
(c) By associating a memory with an image.
(d) By writing the thing to be remembered over and over.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?

3. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?

4. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?

5. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?

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