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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) None.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 150.
(d) 15,000.

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

3. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?
(a) Diplomacy and nationalism over expansion.
(b) Actual combat over pomp and circumstance.
(c) Pomp and circumstance over actual combat.
(d) Expansion over diplomacy and nationalism.

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

5. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?
(a) His appointed cabinet.
(b) Elected representatives.
(c) Administrative eunuchs.
(d) Military generals.

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. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?

3. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?

4. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?

5. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?

(see the answer key)

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