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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 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.

2. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?
(a) The Chinese sought to dominate smaller surrounding countries.
(b) The Chinese in the cities embraced Catholicism before the people in the rural areas.
(c) The Chinese were better educated than the threatening nations.
(d) The Chinese feared foreign nations despite having a large population and large army.

3. 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 reality that exists.
(c) Drawn from pure imagination and fiction
(d) Drawn from a combination of reality that exists and from pure imagination and fiction.

4. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," how did he depict Jesus?
(a) As a lowly carpenter.
(b) As a wise man.
(c) As a charismatic leader.
(d) As the son of God.

5. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?
(a) Foreign languages and painting.
(b) Mapmaking and navigating through bad weather.
(c) Astronomy and alchemy.
(d) Engineering and sailing.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", how did Ricci believe that humans could remember anything?

2. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?

3. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?

4. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?

5. In Chinese, what is a "huihui"?

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