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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. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?
(a) Drawn from a combination of reality that exists and from pure imagination and fiction.
(b) Drawn from paintings in the emperor's palace.
(c) Drawn from pure imagination and fiction
(d) Drawn from reality that exists.

2. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
(a) Italian soldiers.
(b) Local sheriff and deputies.
(c) Macerata police.
(d) Clergy and city fathers.

3. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.
(b) Jesus healing the lepers.
(c) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(d) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.

4. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) Africa.
(d) China.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?

2. Who ruled China from 1573 to 1620, almost the entire time Ricci was there?

3. How did Ricci learn more about China?

4. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?

5. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?

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