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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?
(a) Amemune Takatsugi.
(b) Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
(c) Takama no Harahiro.
(d) Tenno Heika.

3. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Ottomans.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Muslims.
(d) The Papal Police.

4. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
(a) By the number of times the people receive the sacraments.
(b) By the number of good works the people perform.
(c) By how much the people wish to remember.
(d) By the amount of money the people give to the church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?

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

3. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?

4. With whom were Macerata's rural poor fighting?

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

(see the answer key)

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