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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?
(a) Gain and benefit.
(b) Grain and blade.
(c) Blade and knife.
(d) Profit and loss.

3. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Rocky harbors and pirates.
(b) Overloading of goods, peoples and services.
(c) Poorly packed explosives.
(d) Poorly constructed ships.

4. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Louis Pellicano.
(b) Francesco Martines.
(c) Alessandro Valignano.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

5. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?
(a) The people of Antwerp.
(b) Emperor Wanli of China.
(c) King Henry VIII of England.
(d) King Phillip II of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of map did Ricci print in 1602?

2. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?

3. How did Ricci learn more about China?

4. What event was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

5. What problem arose because of the type of life that was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

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