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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) Fifty years.
(b) Two thousand years.
(c) One thousand years.
(d) They had never done it.

2. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to read the Bible.
(b) How to speak English.
(c) How to build better villages.
(d) How to build a memory palace.

3. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?
(a) They were indifferent.
(b) They were not impressed.
(c) They were frightened.
(d) They were stunned.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?

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

3. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?

4. How did Ricci learn more about China?

5. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?

(see the answer key)

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