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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. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?
(a) Cut it diagonally.
(b) Cut it into three different idiographs.
(c) Combined it with the idiograph for peace.
(d) Cut it into four different idiographs.

2. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?
(a) Pythagorean.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Protestantism.

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

4. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?
(a) In his garden.
(b) In his reception hall.
(c) In his kitchen.
(d) In his bedroom.

5. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Africans.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?

3. What kind of map did Ricci draw in 1584?

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

5. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?

(see the answer key)

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