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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, Inside the Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the Renaissance, who made up the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Groups of Jesuits priests.
(b) Religious groups of Chinese missionaries.
(c) Religious groups of Chinese men and women.
(d) Groups of Jesuit nuns.

3. 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?
(a) The Japanese government.
(b) Pope Leo XII.
(c) The Council of Trent.
(d) Matteo Ricci.

4. In the 16th century who was Gian Pietro Maffei?
(a) The Jesuit prefect who sent Ricci to China and visited him there yearly.
(b) An Italian papal courier who corresponded regularly with Ricci.
(c) A Jesuit historian who would work with Ricci to lift his spirits.
(d) A Spanish journalist who wrote reports back to the Western world.

5. 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?
(a) Joyous rioting in the city.
(b) Enemies capitalized on the Church's vulnerability.
(c) Grief and wailing.
(d) Jesuits were expelled from foreign missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?

2. At what was Ricci particularly adept during his studies in Rome during the Renaissance that helped him later with the Chinese?

3. Who was the college teacher in Rome that maintained a correspondence with Ricci after Ricci left school?

4. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?

5. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?

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