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

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

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

4. 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) Mary.
(b) Peter the Apostle.
(c) Jesus.
(d) God.

5. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", what did Ricci teach to the Chinese that he compared to branches of a stream?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Science.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," how did he depict Jesus?

2. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was his goal in teaching different subjects to the Chinese?

3. What were the meanings of the split idiographs of "wu"?

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

5. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

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