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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?
(a) Drawn from paintings in the emperor's palace.
(b) Drawn from pure imagination and fiction
(c) Drawn from reality that exists.
(d) Drawn from a combination of reality that exists and from pure imagination and fiction.

2. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Mutinous seamen.
(b) Greedy ship owners.
(c) Ill-trained captains and navigators.
(d) Pirates and privateers.

3. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
(a) In the people's minds.
(b) In the children's homes.
(c) In the people's towns.
(d) In the children's hospitals.

4. Which of the following did the Jesuits NOT do on the trip in 1578?
(a) Prepared meals for the passengers.
(b) Heard confessions every eight days.
(c) Tended to the sick.
(d) Practiced their devotions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?

2. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?

3. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?

4. In what other way were mnemonic devices used during the 16th century?

5. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?

(see the answer key)

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