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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. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?
(a) Set up an orphanage in Zhaoqing.
(b) Begin preaching in Peking.
(c) Learn the Chinese language.
(d) Establish a mission in Shanghai.

2. Who was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Christ and two disciples.
(b) Six apostles.
(c) Two disciples.
(d) Christ, his mother, and two disciples.

3. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", what did Ricci teach to the Chinese that he compared to branches of a stream?
(a) Language.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Science.

4. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?
(a) By writing sections of textbooks in their own hand.
(b) By reading the Bible and relating it to the sciences.
(c) By committing many subjects to memory.
(d) By working in small groups to teach each other.

5. How did Ricci display his sense of ecumenism in China when he was a missionary?
(a) He held services with Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
(b) He used the ideas from Chinese religions in his sermons.
(c) He allowed Chinese women and children to help with the daily Mass.
(d) He sometimes dressed like a Buddhist monk to show respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?

2. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?

3. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?

4. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?

5. What kind of map did Ricci draw in 1584?

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