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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?
2. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
3. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
4. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
5. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Ricci was a missionary in the 16th century, to what did Ricci compare the hand of God to the Chinese?
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. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what is the second idiograph that Ricci chose for a memory image and why did he choose it?
5. What were the three major religions in China?
6. What were conditions in Ricci's home city of Macerata when he was a young boy?
7. What had the Japanese done to make Ricci's life difficult?
8. What was the new version of the story associated with the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" that Ricci gave Cheng Dayue?
9. How did these outside influences affect Ricci while growing up in Macerata?
10. How did Ricci use Chinese ideograph did Ricci use for his first image?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the Catholic attitude towards profit and property during the time of Ignatius Loyola.
Essay Topic 2
Because of isolationism, the Chinese were reluctant to accept Western ideas in religion; however, the Chinese were very receptive to the Western ideas of science. Compare and contrast the discoveries made during the 16th century in Europe and China.
Essay Topic 3
In the third picture, Ricci uses the story of Lot and the city of Sodom as an analogy to the rule and death of Pope Paul IV. Using these two characters and their stories, discuss the theme that power and weakness rise and fall together and political abuses of power destroy public morality and respect for tradition.
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