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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?
(a) The eyes of the Emperor.
(b) The mind of God.
(c) The soul of the crew.
(d) The hand of God.

2. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what concerned some Jesuits, including Ricci?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Counter-Reformation.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The Reformation.

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

4. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) India.

5. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?
(a) Rabelais.
(b) Ludolfus Saxony.
(c) Plato.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

6. What are mnemonic devices?
(a) Recording tools to transcribe notes.
(b) Ways to remember by association.
(c) Auditory tools to improve people's hearing.
(d) Ways to improve public speaking.

7. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated devotional prayers while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Heavenly Father."
(b) "Fundamental."
(c) "Amen."
(d) "Basic."

8. Where was Ricci born?
(a) In Florence, Italy.
(b) In Macerata, Italy.
(c) In Peking, China.
(d) In Lisbon, Portugal.

9. In the 16th century who was Gian Pietro Maffei?
(a) A Spanish journalist who wrote reports back to the Western world.
(b) The Jesuit prefect who sent Ricci to China and visited him there yearly.
(c) A Jesuit historian who would work with Ricci to lift his spirits.
(d) An Italian papal courier who corresponded regularly with Ricci.

10. When the king died without an heir, what effect did this have?
(a) Decreased the interest in exploration to the New World.
(b) Increased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(c) Increased the influence on Protestants on the Portuguese.
(d) Decreased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.

11. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Rocky harbors and pirates.
(b) Poorly constructed ships.
(c) Poorly packed explosives.
(d) Overloading of goods, peoples and services.

12. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?
(a) Muslim assault.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) Influx of foreigners.

13. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?
(a) The Jesuits.
(b) The Benedictines.
(c) The Franciscans.
(d) The Masons.

14. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?
(a) Combined it with the idiograph for peace.
(b) Cut it into three different idiographs.
(c) Cut it diagonally.
(d) Cut it into four different idiographs.

15. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to speak English.
(b) How to build better villages.
(c) How to build a memory palace.
(d) How to read the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?

3. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

4. During the Renaissance, what was the focus of concern by the Jesuit missionaries in India?

5. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?

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