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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. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?
(a) Loss.
(b) Gain.
(c) Profit.
(d) Benefit.

2. What did Ignatius encourage the Jesuits to publish when they published their first books in the 16th century?
(a) Latin works.
(b) Greek works.
(c) Writings of the Jesuits.
(d) Only religious works.

3. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?
(a) Grain and blade.
(b) Blade and knife.
(c) Profit and loss.
(d) Gain and benefit.

4. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?
(a) The Chinese were better educated than the threatening nations.
(b) The Chinese in the cities embraced Catholicism before the people in the rural areas.
(c) The Chinese sought to dominate smaller surrounding countries.
(d) The Chinese feared foreign nations despite having a large population and large army.

5. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?
(a) Ludolfus of Saxony.
(b) Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Cornelius Agrippa.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?

2. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?

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

4. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?

5. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?

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