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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom did Ricci devise this memory method?
2. Whom did Ricci meet in Lisbon, Portugal, who died without an heir?
3. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?
4. During the Renaissance, what was the focus of concern by the Jesuit missionaries in India?
5. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?
Short Essay Questions
1. What had the Japanese done to make Ricci's life difficult?
2. During the 16th century, why did the Jesuits send two copies of their letters on two different passages when they wrote home?
3. When Ricci was a missionary in the 16th century, to what did Ricci compare the hand of God to the Chinese?
4. What were conditions in Ricci's home city of Macerata when he was a young boy?
5. How did these outside influences affect Ricci while growing up in Macerata?
6. What were the three major religions in China?
7. How and why did Ricci display his spirit of ecumenism in China?
8. What was the new version of the story associated with the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" that Ricci gave Cheng Dayue?
9. What did Ricci need the new image associated with the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to represent?
10. Who was Alessandro Valignano and what did he think about the possibility of Asians and Japanese converting to Christianity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The 15th and 16th centuries are often called the Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration. Using Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves, discuss how Ricci's travels to India and China were representative of this period. Explain the use, availability and reliability of maps. Consider the types of vessels and the dangers that travelers would encounter.
Essay Topic 2
The last chapter of the book relies on imagery to convey Ricci's last look at the Memory Palace. Discuss the way the author appeals to the five senses and the way the imagery develops the summation of Ricci's life.
Essay Topic 3
Ricci adapts the Chinese ideograph "wu" to explain the concept of peace. Explain the original meaning of "wu" and the way Ricci modified it. Discuss how the events in Ricci's life influenced this alteration.
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