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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. Who ruled China from 1573 to 1620, almost the entire time Ricci was there?
(a) Emperor Zhuzong.
(b) Emperor Kwan.
(c) Emperor Wanli.
(d) Emperor Yu.

2. Ricci grew up in Macerata during a period of what?
(a) War and violence.
(b) Natural disasters.
(c) Disease.
(d) Peace.

3. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?
(a) Amemune Takatsugi.
(b) Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
(c) Takama no Harahiro.
(d) Tenno Heika.

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. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?

2. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?

3. Who encouraged the use of mnemonic devices as a way to remember the multitude of one's sins?

4. Who defended the use of these mnemonic devices as part of the moral regulation of memory?

5. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?

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