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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. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, which group was amenable, "soft" like women, ambivalent about war and ready to do what they were told?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Mongols.
(d) The Chinese.

2. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 150.
(b) 15,000.
(c) None.
(d) 1,500.

3. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?
(a) Manners and behavior in Western cultures.
(b) Agriculture and animal husbandry in the Chinese countryside.
(c) The teachings of the great members of Western civilization.
(d) An explanation of the Christian Bible.

4. Ricci grew up in Macerata during a period of what?
(a) War and violence.
(b) Peace.
(c) Natural disasters.
(d) Disease.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who defended the use of these mnemonic devices as part of the moral regulation of memory?

4. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?

5. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?

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