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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Louis Pellicano.
(b) Francesco Martines.
(c) Alessandro Valignano.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

2. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was wrong with the science taught to the Chinese?
(a) It lacked fundamental principles.
(b) It focused on outdated principles.
(c) It led to many disasters to the environment.
(d) It disregarded Western discoveries and advances.

3. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1571.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1552.

4. In what other way were mnemonic devices used during the 16th century?
(a) To convert other non-Christians around the world.
(b) To help explorers navigate to the New World.
(c) To learn the theologies of the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian religions.
(d) To retain substantial scientific, mathematical, and musical information of the Renaissance.

5. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Jesus healing the lepers.
(b) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.
(c) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(d) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?

2. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?

3. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?

4. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?

5. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?

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