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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Mutinous seamen.
(b) Greedy ship owners.
(c) Pirates and privateers.
(d) Ill-trained captains and navigators.

2. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?
(a) The Chinese will understand the power of Jesus to perform miracles.
(b) The Chinese will understand the role of salvation in the lives of Christians.
(c) The Chinese will see two men accepting the resurrection of God and the third preparing for His return to heaven.
(d) The Chinese will see the wonder of the resurrection and its effect on Christ's followers.

3. In the 16th century, which Chinese religions had Trinitarian aspects?
(a) Buddhism, Taoism, and Muslim.
(b) Confucianism and Taoism.
(c) Confucianism and Buddhism.
(d) Buddhism and Taoism.

4. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Xu Guangqi.
(b) Li Zhizao.
(c) Cheng Dayou.
(d) Qu Rukui.

5. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The Good Jesus.
(b) The St. Gregory.
(c) The Miracle at Cana.
(d) The St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?

2. What are mnemonic devices?

3. When Ricci was a missionary, what religion was he startled to learn was practiced by some Chinese?

4. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?

5. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?

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