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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. Why did Ricci wish he had more money during the 16th century when he was in China?
(a) To build a new church for his Christian converts.
(b) To buy books to further his plans for the conversion of the Chinese people.
(c) To provide more financial resources to the impoverished Chinese farmers.
(d) To bribe government officials to leave his mission alone.

2. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?
(a) Instruction in similarities among religions.
(b) Instruction in world cultures.
(c) Instruction in world languages.
(d) Instruction in alternative doctrines.

3. What is the subject of Ricci's book that he wrote while in Nanching?
(a) An explanation of the Christian Bible.
(b) Manners and behavior in Western cultures.
(c) Agriculture and animal husbandry in the Chinese countryside.
(d) The teachings of the great members of Western civilization.

4. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Muslims.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Papal Police.
(d) The Ottomans.

5. What did the Chinese seem to prefer in its military?
(a) Actual combat over pomp and circumstance.
(b) Expansion over diplomacy and nationalism.
(c) Diplomacy and nationalism over expansion.
(d) Pomp and circumstance over actual combat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?

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

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

5. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?

(see the answer key)

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