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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 was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Ignatius Loyola.
(b) Francesco Martines.
(c) Alessandro Valignano.
(d) Louis Pellicano.

2. 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.

3. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a large and wide space.
(b) Find a clean and dry space.
(c) Find a small and narrow space.
(d) Find a quiet and small space.

4. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For twenty years.
(b) For five years.
(c) For ten years.
(d) For fifty years.

5. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The Africans.
(d) The Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?

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

3. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?

4. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?

5. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?

(see the answer key)

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