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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 long had the Chinese practiced the art of splitting their idiographs?
(a) One thousand years.
(b) Two thousand years.
(c) They had never done it.
(d) Fifty years.

2. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?
(a) Emperor Wanli of China.
(b) King Henry VIII of England.
(c) King Phillip II of Spain.
(d) The people of Antwerp.

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

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

5. How did the Jesuits ensure that their messages were delivered back and forth during the 16th century?
(a) They sent one across the desert and one across the sea.
(b) They sent one copy over land and one copy over sea.
(c) They send two copies of their letters via two different sea passages.
(d) They sent one copy eastward and one copy westward.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which war(s) did Ricci study that influenced his ideas about warfare?

3. 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?

4. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?

5. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."

(see the answer key)

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