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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. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?
(a) Clean and dry.
(b) War.
(c) Spear.
(d) Stop or prevent.

2. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?
(a) Cut it into three different idiographs.
(b) Cut it into four different idiographs.
(c) Combined it with the idiograph for peace.
(d) Cut it diagonally.

3. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Muslim assault.
(c) Influx of foreigners.
(d) Illiteracy.

4. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?
(a) Emperor Wanli of China.
(b) King Henry VIII of England.
(c) The people of Antwerp.
(d) King Phillip II of Spain.

5. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?
(a) Expansion over diplomacy and nationalism.
(b) Diplomacy and nationalism over expansion.
(c) Actual combat over pomp and circumstance.
(d) Pomp and circumstance over actual combat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

2. How did Ricci use the first four memory images in his memory palace?

3. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?

4. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?

5. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?

(see the answer key)

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