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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. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 150.
(c) None.
(d) 1,500.

2. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?
(a) Military generals.
(b) His appointed cabinet.
(c) Elected representatives.
(d) Administrative eunuchs.

3. According to Ricci, how is the size of the memory palace determined?
(a) By how much the people wish to remember.
(b) By the number of times the people receive the sacraments.
(c) By the number of good works the people perform.
(d) By the amount of money the people give to the church.

4. What did Ricci do to the first Chinese idiograph?
(a) Cut it into four different idiographs.
(b) Cut it into three different idiographs.
(c) Combined it with the idiograph for peace.
(d) Cut it diagonally.

5. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?
(a) Emperor Wanli of China.
(b) King Henry VIII of England.
(c) King Phillip II of Spain.
(d) The people of Antwerp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?

3. Where had Ricci traveled throughout 1578?

4. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?

5. In his book of memory, where did Ricci places the four memory images?

(see the answer key)

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