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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. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?
(a) The Roman poet Ovid.
(b) The Greek poet Simonides.
(c) The Greek poet Aristotle.
(d) The Renaissance playwright Christopher Marlowe.

2. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?
(a) The Chinese in the cities embraced Catholicism before the people in the rural areas.
(b) The Chinese feared foreign nations despite having a large population and large army.
(c) The Chinese sought to dominate smaller surrounding countries.
(d) The Chinese were better educated than the threatening nations.

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

4. How did Ricci display his sense of ecumenism in China when he was a missionary?
(a) He held services with Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
(b) He sometimes dressed like a Buddhist monk to show respect.
(c) He used the ideas from Chinese religions in his sermons.
(d) He allowed Chinese women and children to help with the daily Mass.

5. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?
(a) Instruction in alternative doctrines.
(b) Instruction in similarities among religions.
(c) Instruction in world languages.
(d) Instruction in world cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?

2. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?

3. What are mnemonic devices?

4. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?

5. At the end of "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what does the author encourages his readers to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, think of mnemonic devices?

2. What were Ricci's rules for picking a location to store the information?

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

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

5. What was the new version of the story associated with the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" that Ricci gave Cheng Dayue?

6. Describe the map that Ricci has printed in 1602.

7. When Ricci was a missionary in the 16th century, to what did Ricci compare the hand of God to the Chinese?

8. Who was Alessandro Valignano and what did he think about the possibility of Asians and Japanese converting to Christianity?

9. What were some of the outside influences affecting Ricci's home city of Macerata?

10. What had the Japanese done to make Ricci's life difficult?

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