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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. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?
(a) China.
(b) Africa.
(c) India.
(d) Japan.

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

3. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what concerned some Jesuits, including Ricci?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The Counter-Reformation.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Reformation.

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

5. How did Ricci change the meaning of the ideograph "yao"?
(a) He used to represent the unification of the three Chinese religions.
(b) He used it to represent female Christian converts.
(c) He used it to represent Chinese who resisted conversion.
(d) He used it represent the people of one true God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?

3. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?

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

5. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?

(see the answer key)

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