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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 caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Poorly constructed ships.
(b) Overloading of goods, peoples and services.
(c) Poorly packed explosives.
(d) Rocky harbors and pirates.

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

3. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?
(a) Pythagorean.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

4. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Pirates and privateers.
(b) Greedy ship owners.
(c) Ill-trained captains and navigators.
(d) Mutinous seamen.

5. At the end of "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what does the author encourages his readers to do?
(a) To keep an open mind about the connection of magic to theology.
(b) To understand why the Chinese could not understand Christian theology.
(c) To devise mnemonic devices to keep track of the four images and the four pictures.
(d) To focus on the connections between Ricci's classical influences and his Chinese present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?

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

3. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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