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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) Lot, Lot's wife, and their two daughters running away from the city before it is destroyed.
(b) Lot's daughters get Lot drunk and sleep with him in order to continue their family line.
(c) God blinding the men of Sodom when they try to rape the angels.
(d) God promising to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness.

2. Where and when did the Jesuits publish their first book?
(a) Paris in 1539.
(b) Rome in 1559.
(c) Jerusalem in 1459.
(d) Lisbon in 1570.

3. During the Renaissance, why were the Jesuits NOT considered a mendicant order?
(a) They did not live in poverty.
(b) They did not practice chastity.
(c) They did not engage in teaching assignments.
(d) They did not practice obedience to the Pope.

4. In the 16th century, which Chinese religions had Trinitarian aspects?
(a) Buddhism and Taoism.
(b) Confucianism and Buddhism.
(c) Buddhism, Taoism, and Muslim.
(d) Confucianism and Taoism.

5. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", who promoted morality in China during the 16th century?
(a) The Jesuit missionaries.
(b) The Chinese religions.
(c) The Chinese high priests.
(d) The Chinese bureaucracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what were the Jesuits searching for in their publications?

2. What did the fourth ideograph, "hao," represent in the Chinese language during the 16th century?

3. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", how many people were in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

4. What did Ricci realize about his attempt at ecumenism when he was a missionary in China?

5. How old was Matteo Ricci during the time of the Inquisition and death of Pope Paul IV in the 16th century?

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