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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. Who ruled China from 1573 to 1620, almost the entire time Ricci was there?
(a) Emperor Yu.
(b) Emperor Wanli.
(c) Emperor Kwan.
(d) Emperor Zhuzong.

2. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?
(a) The Chinese despised Christians and feared Ricci.
(b) The Chinese welcomed Christians and embraced Ricci.
(c) The Chinese ignored both the Christians and Ricci.
(d) The Chinese tolerated Christians but ignored Ricci.

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

4. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Cornelius Agrippa.
(c) Ignatius Loyola.
(d) Ludolfus of Saxony.

5. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?
(a) Clean and dry.
(b) Spear.
(c) Stop or prevent.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?

2. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?

3. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?

4. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?

5. 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?

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