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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. According to Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom, what is the subject of the series of prints that made up third picture "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) Lot's life.
(b) Mary's life.
(c) John the Baptist's life.
(d) The Apostle Peter's life.

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

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?
(a) They want to be able to read and write in two languages.
(b) They want to be able to read and understand the Bible.
(c) They want to be role models to their children.
(d) They want to pass their exams to get better jobs.

4. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For fifty years.
(b) For twenty years.
(c) For five years.
(d) For ten years.

5. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?
(a) By writing sections of textbooks in their own hand.
(b) By committing many subjects to memory.
(c) By working in small groups to teach each other.
(d) By reading the Bible and relating it to the sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?

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

3. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?

4. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?

5. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?

(see the answer key)

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