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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. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?
(a) Mapmaking and navigating through bad weather.
(b) Engineering and sailing.
(c) Foreign languages and painting.
(d) Astronomy and alchemy.

2. Who was the college teacher in Rome that maintained a correspondence with Ricci after Ricci left school?
(a) Ignatius.
(b) Clavius.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Thomas Aquinas.

3. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
(a) In the people's towns.
(b) In the people's minds.
(c) In the children's hospitals.
(d) In the children's homes.

4. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", which of these is NOT one of the things that Ricci appreciated in China?
(a) China was opposed to slavery.
(b) China had great diversity.
(c) China had extraordinary cooking methods.
(d) China had excellent gardens and beautiful porcelain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war(s) did Ricci study that influenced his ideas about warfare?

2. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?

3. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?

4. Why was Pope Paul IV unpopular during his reign in the 16th century?

5. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?

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