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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. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?
(a) He was the head of one of the highest families in Chinese society.
(b) He was employed high in the Ming dynasty bureaucracy.
(c) He was preparing his songs for their bureaucratic examinations.
(d) He forbade the Chinese people to listen to Ricci.

2. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Muslims.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Ottomans.
(d) The Papal Police.

3. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Jesus healing the lepers.
(b) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(c) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.
(d) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.

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

5. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?
(a) Tenno Heika.
(b) Takama no Harahiro.
(c) Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
(d) Amemune Takatsugi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of map did Ricci print in 1602?

2. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what was significant about the Chinese ideograph "yao"?

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

4. With whom were Macerata's rural poor fighting?

5. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

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