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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 did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to build a memory palace.
(b) How to speak English.
(c) How to build better villages.
(d) How to read the Bible.

2. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?
(a) He knows the Chinese have read the Bible.
(b) He wants to see how much the Chinese remember from his other stories.
(c) He realizes the Apostle Peter in the picture looks like him.
(d) He needs to get the image to represent Christ's death and atonement.

3. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?
(a) The soul of the crew.
(b) The mind of God.
(c) The eyes of the Emperor.
(d) The hand of God.

4. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior poised with a spear to counter-attack.
(b) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with his spear and a second warrior who grabs the first warrior's wrist to prevent him from striking the blow.
(c) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(d) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior who cringes in fear awaiting the fatal blow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what other way were mnemonic devices used during the 16th century?

2. What were the meanings of the split idiographs of "wu"?

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

5. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?

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