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1. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", what was the size of the Memory Palace that Matteo Ricci used to teach the Chinese people?

According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", the size of the Memory Palace that Matteo Ricci used to teach the Chinese people was determined by how much they wished to remember.

2. Where was the Memory Palace to be built?

The Memory Palace was not to be built in the physical world but within the mind. It could be built in only three places: drawn from reality that existed, from pure imagination and fiction, or a combination of the two.

3. Describe the training of Matteo Ricci before he arrived in China.

Before Matteo Ricci arrived in China, he trained in theology, humanities and the sciences. He spent five years as an apprentice in India.

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