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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. In the 16th century, which Chinese religions had Trinitarian aspects?
(a) Buddhism, Taoism, and Muslim.
(b) Buddhism and Taoism.
(c) Confucianism and Buddhism.
(d) Confucianism and Taoism.

2. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?
(a) A farmer holding a sickle, ready to cut the crops in the field.
(b) A farmer heading to market with a wagon full of crops.
(c) A farmer's market full of local fruit and vegetables for sale.
(d) A farmer at planting time, hoeing in a field.

3. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Ill-trained captains and navigators.
(b) Greedy ship owners.
(c) Pirates and privateers.
(d) Mutinous seamen.

4. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to build a memory palace.
(b) How to build better villages.
(c) How to read the Bible.
(d) How to speak English.

5. Who or what urged penalties on Christians who participated with the Japanese in the Japanese use of financial tricks to make money during the 16th century?
(a) Pope Leo XII.
(b) The Council of Trent.
(c) Matteo Ricci.
(d) The Japanese government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?

2. How old was Matteo Ricci during the time of the Inquisition and death of Pope Paul IV in the 16th century?

3. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?

4. How did Ricci learn more about China?

5. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?

(see the answer key)

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