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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 150.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) None.

2. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", what was/were a destructive and common part of life in China?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) Floods.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Diseases.

3. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
(a) Clergy and city fathers.
(b) Macerata police.
(c) Italian soldiers.
(d) Local sheriff and deputies.

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 ten years.
(d) For five years.

5. 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 leaders in the government.
(d) To Chinese mystics in the temples.

6. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?
(a) Repression from the government.
(b) Inability to understand the papacy.
(c) Lack of Christian works, such as the Bible.
(d) Hostility from other Chinese.

7. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?
(a) Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
(b) Tenno Heika.
(c) Amemune Takatsugi.
(d) Takama no Harahiro.

8. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?
(a) An explanation of the Christian Bible.
(b) Manners and behavior in Western cultures.
(c) The teachings of the great members of Western civilization.
(d) Agriculture and animal husbandry in the Chinese countryside.

9. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a clean and dry space.
(b) Find a quiet and small space.
(c) Find a large and wide space.
(d) Find a small and narrow space.

10. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?
(a) Plato.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Ludolfus Saxony.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

11. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Ottomans.
(b) The Papal Police.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Muslims.

12. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?
(a) Ludolfus of Saxony.
(b) Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Cornelius Agrippa.

13. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?
(a) In the Ink Garden.
(b) In the Grand Lobby.
(c) In the Cook's Kitchen.
(d) In the Emperor's Palace.

14. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
(a) Buddhists.
(b) Nestorians.
(c) Jews.
(d) Muslims.

15. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The Good Jesus.
(b) The St. Louis.
(c) The Miracle at Cana.
(d) The St. Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ricci realize about his attempt at ecumenism when he was a missionary in China?

3. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?

4. In the 16th century, which Chinese religions had Trinitarian aspects?

5. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?

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