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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. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) One year.

2. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a clean and dry space.
(b) Find a quiet and small space.
(c) Find a large and wide space.
(d) Find a small and narrow space.

3. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?
(a) Dysentery and malaria.
(b) Crates of Bibles for the missions.
(c) Several hundred slaves.
(d) Nuns and orphans bound for Portugal.

4. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?
(a) His appointed cabinet.
(b) Elected representatives.
(c) Military generals.
(d) Administrative eunuchs.

5. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Francesco Martines.
(b) Alessandro Valignano.
(c) Louis Pellicano.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?

2. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

3. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?

4. Where was Ricci born?

5. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

(see the answer key)

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