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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?
(a) In the people's minds.
(b) In the children's homes.
(c) In the people's towns.
(d) In the children's hospitals.

2. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

3. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a quiet and small space.
(b) Find a small and narrow space.
(c) Find a clean and dry space.
(d) Find a large and wide space.

4. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) None.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 150.

5. How did Ricci learn more about China?
(a) Through his journeys across its rivers, lakes and canals.
(b) Through studying Chinese religions.
(c) Through reading books and poetry of famous Chinese authors.
(d) Through his seminary work with the Jesuits.

6. How did Ricci change the meaning of the ideograph "yao"?
(a) He used it to represent female Christian converts.
(b) He used to represent the unification of the three Chinese religions.
(c) He used it to represent Chinese who resisted conversion.
(d) He used it represent the people of one true God.

7. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The Franciscans.
(c) The Benedictines.
(d) The Jesuits.

8. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Africans.

9. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated devotional prayers while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Heavenly Father."
(b) "Amen."
(c) "Basic."
(d) "Fundamental."

10. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?
(a) The Chinese despised Christians and feared Ricci.
(b) The Chinese ignored both the Christians and Ricci.
(c) The Chinese welcomed Christians and embraced Ricci.
(d) The Chinese tolerated Christians but ignored Ricci.

11. When the king died without an heir, what effect did this have?
(a) Increased the influence on Protestants on the Portuguese.
(b) Decreased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(c) Increased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(d) Decreased the interest in exploration to the New World.

12. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Ignatius Loyola.
(b) Francesco Martines.
(c) Louis Pellicano.
(d) Alessandro Valignano.

13. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For fifty years.
(b) For ten years.
(c) For five years.
(d) For twenty years.

14. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?
(a) In the Cook's Kitchen.
(b) In the Ink Garden.
(c) In the Emperor's Palace.
(d) In the Grand Lobby.

15. What are mnemonic devices?
(a) Ways to remember by association.
(b) Ways to improve public speaking.
(c) Auditory tools to improve people's hearing.
(d) Recording tools to transcribe notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?

2. When Ricci was a missionary, what religion was he startled to learn was practiced by some Chinese?

3. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", when Ricci cut the idiograph in half horizontally, what did the two halves mean?

4. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?

5. How long had the Chinese practiced the art of splitting their idiographs?

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