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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had the Chinese practiced the art of splitting their idiographs?
(a) Two thousand years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) One thousand years.
(d) They had never done it.

2. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Covet".
(b) "Shall".
(c) "Not".
(d) "Thou".

3. How did Ricci learn more about China?
(a) Through his journeys across its rivers, lakes and canals.
(b) Through studying Chinese religions.
(c) Through reading books and poetry of famous Chinese authors.
(d) Through his seminary work with the Jesuits.

4. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 1,500.
(b) None.
(c) 150.
(d) 15,000.

5. Where had Ricci traveled throughout 1578?
(a) From Portugal to India.
(b) From China to Japan.
(c) From Italy to Egypt.
(d) From India to Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, which group was amenable, "soft" like women, ambivalent about war and ready to do what they were told?

2. How did Ricci display his sense of ecumenism in China when he was a missionary?

3. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?

4. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", when Ricci cut the idiograph in half horizontally, what did the two halves mean?

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

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