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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?
2. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
3. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?
4. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
5. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was the Memory Palace to be built?
2. How did these outside influences affect Ricci while growing up in Macerata?
3. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what was the size of the Memory Palace that Matteo Ricci used to teach the Chinese people?
4. What had the Japanese done to make Ricci's life difficult?
5. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what is the second idiograph that Ricci chose for a memory image and why did he choose it?
6. How did Ricci use Chinese ideograph did Ricci use for his first image?
7. According to Spence, how did Ricci use the four images and four Chinese characters?
8. According to the author Jonathan D. Spence, how did the Chinese view the use of mnemonic devices?
9. Who was Alessandro Valignano and what did he think about the possibility of Asians and Japanese converting to Christianity?
10. During the 16th century, why did the Jesuits send two copies of their letters on two different passages when they wrote home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the third picture, Ricci uses the story of Lot and the city of Sodom as an analogy to the rule and death of Pope Paul IV. Using these two characters and their stories, discuss the theme that power and weakness rise and fall together and political abuses of power destroy public morality and respect for tradition.
Essay Topic 2
Matteo Ricci had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. Explain how this focus began and trace the influence of the Virgin Mary throughout Ricci's life.
Essay Topic 3
Sexual immorality caused Ricci great concern. Discuss the ways in which both the Jesuits and the Chinese challenged Ricci's view of sexual morality and the ways he chose to combat it.
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