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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who criticized the use of "monstrous" images for causing "madness and frenzy instead of profound and sure memory"?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Ludolfus of Saxony.
(c) Cornelius Agrippa.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

2. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," how did he depict Jesus?
(a) As a charismatic leader.
(b) As a wise man.
(c) As the son of God.
(d) As a lowly carpenter.

3. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?
(a) He wants to see how much the Chinese remember from his other stories.
(b) He needs to get the image to represent Christ's death and atonement.
(c) He realizes the Apostle Peter in the picture looks like him.
(d) He knows the Chinese have read the Bible.

4. Who tried to stop the violence in the city of Macerata while Ricci was growing up there?
(a) Macerata police.
(b) Local sheriff and deputies.
(c) Clergy and city fathers.
(d) Italian soldiers.

5. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(b) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.
(c) Jesus healing the lepers.
(d) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?

2. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?

3. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?

4. How did Ricci learn more about China?

5. According to the charismatic Jesuit missionary, whose mixture of "cruelty, dignity, depravity, and hypocrisy" would prevent them from truly living the faith?

(see the answer key)

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