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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 Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For ten years.
(b) For twenty years.
(c) For fifty years.
(d) For five years.

2. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The St. Louis.
(b) The Miracle at Cana.
(c) The Good Jesus.
(d) The St. Gregory.

3. 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.

4. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(b) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior who cringes in fear awaiting the fatal blow.
(c) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior poised with a spear to counter-attack.
(d) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with his spear and a second warrior who grabs the first warrior's wrist to prevent him from striking the blow.

5. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 15,000.
(b) None.
(c) 150.
(d) 1,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

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

3. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?

4. In the 16th century who was Gian Pietro Maffei?

5. How long had the Chinese practiced the art of splitting their idiographs?

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