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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. Where did Ricci spend five years as an apprentice?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) Japan.

2. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", which of these is NOT one of the things that Ricci appreciated in China?
(a) China was opposed to slavery.
(b) China had great diversity.
(c) China had extraordinary cooking methods.
(d) China had excellent gardens and beautiful porcelain.

3. What two moral extremes were seen in Rome during the mid-16th century?
(a) Piety and degradation.
(b) Democracy and slavery.
(c) Celibacy and debauchery.
(d) Generosity and poverty.

4. What did Ricci deplore that was widespread in Peking during the 16th century?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Prostitution.

5. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what doctrine were the Chinese not ready to understand when Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China?
(a) The Resurrection.
(b) The Assumption.
(c) The Epiphany.
(d) The Incarnation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ignatius encourage the Jesuits to publish when they published their first books in the 16th century?

3. According to the author in "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what was the reaction to the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?

4. Who or what urged penalties on Christians who participated with the Japanese in the Japanese use of financial tricks to make money during the 16th century?

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

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