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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?
(a) As part of a long Christian tradition of missionaries confronting purported magicians.
(b) As part of an encroachment of Western civilization on Asian cultures.
(c) As part of an anti-Jesuit movement to prevent Chinese conversions.
(d) As part of an anti-Christian movement.

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

3. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?
(a) The teachings of the great members of Western civilization.
(b) An explanation of the Christian Bible.
(c) Agriculture and animal husbandry in the Chinese countryside.
(d) Manners and behavior in Western cultures.

4. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The St. Louis.
(b) The Miracle at Cana.
(c) The Good Jesus.
(d) The St. Gregory.

5. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?
(a) 1568.
(b) 1607.
(c) 1658.
(d) 1574.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", how many people were in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

2. What event was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

3. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

4. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?

5. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", what was/were a destructive and common part of life in China?

(see the answer key)

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