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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. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?
(a) The Chinese despised Christians and feared Ricci.
(b) The Chinese ignored both the Christians and Ricci.
(c) The Chinese welcomed Christians and embraced Ricci.
(d) The Chinese tolerated Christians but ignored Ricci.

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

3. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
(a) In the children's homes.
(b) In the children's hospitals.
(c) In the people's minds.
(d) In the people's towns.

4. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?
(a) Ludolfus of Saxony.
(b) Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Cornelius Agrippa.

5. At the end of "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what does the author encourages his readers to do?
(a) To devise mnemonic devices to keep track of the four images and the four pictures.
(b) To keep an open mind about the connection of magic to theology.
(c) To focus on the connections between Ricci's classical influences and his Chinese present.
(d) To understand why the Chinese could not understand Christian theology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?

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

4. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?

5. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?

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