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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. When the king died without an heir, what effect did this have?
(a) Increased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(b) Increased the influence on Protestants on the Portuguese.
(c) Decreased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(d) Decreased the interest in exploration to the New World.

2. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?
(a) They were frightened.
(b) They were stunned.
(c) They were indifferent.
(d) They were not impressed.

3. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?
(a) Inability to understand the papacy.
(b) Hostility from other Chinese.
(c) Lack of Christian works, such as the Bible.
(d) Repression from the government.

4. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?
(a) Plato.
(b) Ludolfus Saxony.
(c) Rabelais.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

5. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with his spear and a second warrior who grabs the first warrior's wrist to prevent him from striking the blow.
(b) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior poised with a spear to counter-attack.
(c) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(d) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior who cringes in fear awaiting the fatal blow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?

2. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?

3. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?

4. Where had Ricci traveled throughout 1578?

5. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?

(see the answer key)

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