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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) India.

2. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?
(a) 1571.
(b) 1552.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1583.

3. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
(a) King Sebastian of Portugal.
(b) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(c) King Edward of England.
(d) King John III of France.

4. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Qu Rukui.
(b) Xu Guangqi.
(c) Li Zhizao.
(d) Cheng Dayou.

5. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what was one way he used music to impress the Chinese?
(a) He directed a children's choir and orchestra.
(b) He taught the elite Chinese eunuchs to play Western music.
(c) He performed one-man concerts during Christmas and Easter celebrations.
(d) He provided piano lessons once a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?

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

3. How did Ricci change the meaning of the ideograph "yao"?

4. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?

5. Who was arrested, beaten and imprisoned for trying to make money by keeping tribute given to the guards at the Xiangshan border during the 16th century when Ricci was in China??

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