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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 Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?
(a) How to speak English.
(b) How to build better villages.
(c) How to build a memory palace.
(d) How to read the Bible.

2. When they were in their missions during the 16th century, why did Ricci and Ruggieri often want money?
(a) To travel outside the major cities to preach to the people in the countryside.
(b) To pay for transportation for the Chinese to come to the city.
(c) To buy Bibles for the fifteen Christian converts.
(d) To procure the proper gifts for the Chinese to impress them.

3. At what was Ricci particularly adept during his studies in Rome during the Renaissance that helped him later with the Chinese?
(a) He developed an appreciation for different learning styles which helped him teach the Chinese.
(b) He could recite the entire Bible from memory which impressed the Chinese.
(c) He developed debating skills which he used to counter Chinese arguments.
(d) He combined vivid imagery and lengthy sequences with his mnemonic skills.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the Renaissance, what was the focus of concern by the Jesuit missionaries in India?

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. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?

5. In what year did Ricci join the Jesuits?

(see the answer key)

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