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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?
(a) He was employed high in the Ming dynasty bureaucracy.
(b) He was preparing his songs for their bureaucratic examinations.
(c) He was the head of one of the highest families in Chinese society.
(d) He forbade the Chinese people to listen to Ricci.

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

3. Matteo Ricci lived during which period of time?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Enlightenment.
(c) The Medieval Period.
(d) The Reformation.

4. At the end of "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what does the author encourages his readers to do?
(a) To understand why the Chinese could not understand Christian theology.
(b) To keep an open mind about the connection of magic to theology.
(c) To focus on the connections between Ricci's classical influences and his Chinese present.
(d) To devise mnemonic devices to keep track of the four images and the four pictures.

5. How did the Jesuits ensure that their messages were delivered back and forth during the 16th century?
(a) They sent one copy over land and one copy over sea.
(b) They sent one across the desert and one across the sea.
(c) They sent one copy eastward and one copy westward.
(d) They send two copies of their letters via two different sea passages.

6. What were the meanings of the split idiographs of "wu"?
(a) One piece represented "diplomacy" and the other piece represented "to practice."
(b) One piece represented "spear" and the other piece represented "to stop/prevent."
(c) One piece represented "peace" and the other piece represented "to bring about."
(d) One piece represented "weapon" and the other piece represented "to lay down arms."

7. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Not".
(b) "Thou".
(c) "Covet".
(d) "Shall".

8. What kind of map did Ricci print in 1602?
(a) A world map with locations of Jesuit missionaries.
(b) A map of China noting the religions practiced in different areas.
(c) A map of China divided by provinces.
(d) A more accurate map with Western political organizations and locates of the Holy Land and holy cities.

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. 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.

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

12. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with his spear and a second warrior who grabs the first warrior's wrist to prevent him from striking the blow.
(b) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior who cringes in fear awaiting the fatal blow.
(c) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(d) A single image of a warrior ready to strike an enemy with a spear and a second warrior poised with a spear to counter-attack.

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

14. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?
(a) They were indifferent.
(b) They were stunned.
(c) They were not impressed.
(d) They were frightened.

15. How did Ricci use the first four memory images in his memory palace?
(a) To help the Chinese understand the life of Christ.
(b) To compare the life of Christ with Confucius.
(c) To illustrate his strong ability with mnemonic devices.
(d) To impress his superiors with his knowledge of theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?

2. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?

3. How did Ricci display his sense of ecumenism in China when he was a missionary?

4. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?

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

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