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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", what was/were a destructive and common part of life in China?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Diseases.
(c) Floods.
(d) Illiteracy.

2. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Cheng Dayou.
(b) Li Zhizao.
(c) Xu Guangqi.
(d) Qu Rukui.

3. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
(a) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(b) King John III of France.
(c) King Sebastian of Portugal.
(d) King Edward of England.

4. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?
(a) As part of an encroachment of Western civilization on Asian cultures.
(b) As part of an anti-Christian movement.
(c) As part of an anti-Jesuit movement to prevent Chinese conversions.
(d) As part of a long Christian tradition of missionaries confronting purported magicians.

5. During the Renaissance, what was the name of the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Roman monasteries.
(b) Christian conservatives.
(c) Catholic Chinese unions.
(d) Marian sodalities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?

3. What did Ricci realize about his attempt at ecumenism when he was a missionary in China?

4. Which one of these is NOT part of the location where Ricci placed the new image in the Memory Palace?

5. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

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