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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. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For fifty years.
(b) For five years.
(c) For ten years.
(d) For twenty years.

2. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?
(a) To Chinese farmers in the countryside.
(b) To Chinese mystics in the temples.
(c) To Chinese sages in their tradition.
(d) To Chinese leaders in the government.

3. Who was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Christ, his mother, and two disciples.
(b) Two disciples.
(c) Six apostles.
(d) Christ and two disciples.

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

5. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a small and narrow space.
(b) Find a large and wide space.
(c) Find a quiet and small space.
(d) Find a clean and dry space.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what were the Jesuits searching for in their publications?

2. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", when Ricci cut the idiograph in half horizontally, what did the two halves mean?

3. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?

4. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?

5. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?

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