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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. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Poorly packed explosives.
(b) Overloading of goods, peoples and services.
(c) Poorly constructed ships.
(d) Rocky harbors and pirates.

2. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?
(a) He was the head of one of the highest families in Chinese society.
(b) He was employed high in the Ming dynasty bureaucracy.
(c) He forbade the Chinese people to listen to Ricci.
(d) He was preparing his songs for their bureaucratic examinations.

3. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?
(a) In his garden.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In his kitchen.
(d) In his reception hall.

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

5. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?
(a) To Chinese leaders in the government.
(b) To Chinese farmers in the countryside.
(c) To Chinese mystics in the temples.
(d) To Chinese sages in their tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

2. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?

3. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?

4. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?

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

(see the answer key)

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