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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?
(a) Kim Suk.
(b) Dayue Cheng.
(c) Kwok Sing.
(d) Cheng Dayue.

2. What type of life was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
(a) Industrialization.
(b) Public service.
(c) Chinese imperialism.
(d) Commercial life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what doctrine were the Chinese not ready to understand when Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China?

2. In the 16th century who was Gian Pietro Maffei?

3. Where had Ricci traveled throughout 1578?

4. During the Renaissance, what did some believe was the purpose of these groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?

5. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?

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