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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?
(a) Hostility from other Chinese.
(b) Lack of Christian works, such as the Bible.
(c) Repression from the government.
(d) Inability to understand the papacy.

2. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?
(a) To Chinese mystics in the temples.
(b) To Chinese farmers in the countryside.
(c) To Chinese leaders in the government.
(d) To Chinese sages in their tradition.

3. 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) Illiteracy.
(b) Diseases.
(c) Floods.
(d) Slavery.

4. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Shall".
(b) "Thou".
(c) "Not".
(d) "Covet".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the college teacher in Rome that maintained a correspondence with Ricci after Ricci left school?

2. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?

3. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

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

5. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what concerned some Jesuits, including Ricci?

(see the answer key)

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