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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. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?
(a) In the Ink Garden.
(b) In the Grand Lobby.
(c) In the Cook's Kitchen.
(d) In the Emperor's Palace.

2. Who ruled China from 1573 to 1620, almost the entire time Ricci was there?
(a) Emperor Kwan.
(b) Emperor Wanli.
(c) Emperor Zhuzong.
(d) Emperor Yu.

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

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

5. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
(a) King Edward of England.
(b) King John III of France.
(c) King Sebastian of Portugal.
(d) King Ferdinand of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?

2. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?

3. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

4. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?

5. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?

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