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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 forbade the Chinese people to listen to Ricci.
(b) He was preparing his songs for their bureaucratic examinations.
(c) He was employed high in the Ming dynasty bureaucracy.
(d) He was the head of one of the highest families in Chinese society.
2. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?
(a) To Chinese farmers in the countryside.
(b) To Chinese sages in their tradition.
(c) To Chinese mystics in the temples.
(d) To Chinese leaders in the government.
3. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(d) 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.
4. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Pythagorean.
5. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
(a) By how much the people wish to remember.
(b) By the number of times the people receive the sacraments.
(c) By the number of good works the people perform.
(d) By the amount of money the people give to the church.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?
2. Ricci grew up in Macerata during a period of what?
3. In Chinese, what is a "huihui"?
4. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?
5. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
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