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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are mnemonic devices?
(a) Ways to improve public speaking.
(b) Auditory tools to improve people's hearing.
(c) Recording tools to transcribe notes.
(d) Ways to remember by association.

2. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to speak English.
(b) How to read the Bible.
(c) How to build a memory palace.
(d) How to build better villages.

3. During the 16th century, why had Pope Paul IV given the Inquisitors in Spain great power?
(a) To seek revenge for the Crucifixion of Christ.
(b) To raise the status of the clergy over the government.
(c) To vie with the King of Spain for political control.
(d) To run out the disbelievers of the Catholic church.

4. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?
(a) Expansion over diplomacy and nationalism.
(b) Pomp and circumstance over actual combat.
(c) Actual combat over pomp and circumstance.
(d) Diplomacy and nationalism over expansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ricci learn more about China?

2. What did Ignatius encourage the Jesuits to publish when they published their first books in the 16th century?

3. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?

4. During the Renaissance, who made up the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?

5. How did Ricci intend to use the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

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