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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 did the Jesuits ensure that their messages were delivered back and forth during the 16th century?
(a) They sent one copy eastward and one copy westward.
(b) They send two copies of their letters via two different sea passages.
(c) They sent one copy over land and one copy over sea.
(d) They sent one across the desert and one across the sea.

2. Where was Ricci born?
(a) In Peking, China.
(b) In Florence, Italy.
(c) In Macerata, Italy.
(d) In Lisbon, Portugal.

3. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?
(a) As part of an anti-Christian movement.
(b) As part of an encroachment of Western civilization on Asian cultures.
(c) As part of a long Christian tradition of missionaries confronting purported magicians.
(d) As part of an anti-Jesuit movement to prevent Chinese conversions.

4. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?
(a) Drawn from paintings in the emperor's palace.
(b) Drawn from a combination of reality that exists and from pure imagination and fiction.
(c) Drawn from pure imagination and fiction
(d) Drawn from reality that exists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?

2. In the 16th century, which Chinese religions had Trinitarian aspects?

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

4. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?

5. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?

(see the answer key)

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