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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. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Papal Police.
(b) The Ottomans.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Muslims.

2. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
(a) Local sheriff and deputies.
(b) Macerata police.
(c) Italian soldiers.
(d) Clergy and city fathers.

3. Who defended the use of these mnemonic devices as part of the moral regulation of memory?
(a) Cornelius Agrippa.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Rabelais.

4. 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?
(a) Jesus.
(b) God.
(c) Mary.
(d) Peter the Apostle.

5. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?
(a) A clear distinction between true religious experience and magical powers.
(b) A vague line between true religious experience and magical powers.
(c) A merging of true religious experience and magical powers.
(d) An opposition between true religious experience and magical powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?

2. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?

3. At the end of "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what does the author encourages his readers to do?

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

5. When the king died without an heir, what effect did this have?

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