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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. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Jesus healing the lepers.
(b) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(c) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.
(d) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", what was/were a destructive and common part of life in China?

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

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

4. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?

5. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?

(see the answer key)

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