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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. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was wrong with the science taught to the Chinese?
(a) It led to many disasters to the environment.
(b) It focused on outdated principles.
(c) It disregarded Western discoveries and advances.
(d) It lacked fundamental principles.

2. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
(a) In the children's homes.
(b) In the people's towns.
(c) In the children's hospitals.
(d) In the people's minds.

3. Matteo Ricci lived during which period of time?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) The Medieval Period.
(d) The Enlightenment.

4. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?
(a) Tenno Heika.
(b) Amemune Takatsugi.
(c) Takama no Harahiro.
(d) Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was his goal in teaching different subjects to the Chinese?
(a) To draw them closer to Christianity.
(b) To inspire the Chinese to open their doors to the world.
(c) To fight illiteracy among the rural poor of China.
(d) To provide a Jesuit-based education for the upper classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

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

3. What did Ricci realize about his attempt at ecumenism when he was a missionary in China?

4. Who was the college teacher in Rome that maintained a correspondence with Ricci after Ricci left school?

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

(see the answer key)

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