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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?
(a) Several hundred slaves.
(b) Nuns and orphans bound for Portugal.
(c) Dysentery and malaria.
(d) Crates of Bibles for the missions.

3. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what was significant about the Chinese ideograph "yao"?
(a) It was not used by many Chinese.
(b) It had five different meanings.
(c) It was easy to translate but difficult to write.
(d) It was easy to write but difficult to translate.

4. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?
(a) The Chinese welcomed Christians and embraced Ricci.
(b) The Chinese tolerated Christians but ignored Ricci.
(c) The Chinese despised Christians and feared Ricci.
(d) The Chinese ignored both the Christians and Ricci.

5. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?
(a) 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.
(b) An image of two warriors facing each other, hands extended in peace with broken spears at their feet.
(c) 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.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?

2. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

3. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?

4. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?

5. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why did Ricci display his spirit of ecumenism in China?

2. What did Ricci do to the second idiograph and how did the meaning change?

3. Where was the Memory Palace to be built?

4. During the 16th century, why did the Jesuits send two copies of their letters on two different passages when they wrote home?

5. Describe the training of Matteo Ricci before he arrived in China.

6. Describe the first picture, "The Apostle in the Waves" that Ricci used to instruct the Chinese.

7. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?

8. According to Spence, how did Ricci use the four images and four Chinese characters?

9. Why does Matteo Ricci agree to use his mnemonic techniques to help Governor Lu's sons?

10. What did Ricci need the new image associated with the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to represent?

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