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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. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", when Ricci cut the idiograph in half horizontally, what did the two halves mean?
(a) The upper half meant "man," and the bottom half meant "east."
(b) The upper half meant "east," and the bottom half meant "man."
(c) The upper half meant "west," and the bottom half meant "woman."
(d) The upper half meant "woman," and the bottom half meant "west."

2. How did Ricci learn more about China?
(a) Through studying Chinese religions.
(b) Through reading books and poetry of famous Chinese authors.
(c) Through his journeys across its rivers, lakes and canals.
(d) Through his seminary work with the Jesuits.

3. What are mnemonic devices?
(a) Ways to remember by association.
(b) Ways to improve public speaking.
(c) Recording tools to transcribe notes.
(d) Auditory tools to improve people's hearing.

4. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
(a) King Edward of England.
(b) King Sebastian of Portugal.
(c) King John III of France.
(d) King Ferdinand of Spain.

5. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1571.
(c) 1552.
(d) 1610.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

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

3. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?

4. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?

5. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", how did Ricci believe that humans could remember anything?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experiences led to Ricci's skill in drawing maps?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What were the three major religions in China?

9. Where was the Memory Palace to be built?

10. According to the author Jonathan D. Spence, how did the Chinese view the use of mnemonic devices?

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