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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. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?
(a) The pictures were sent back to Rome.
(b) The pictures were desecrated.
(c) The Chinese reacted in fear.
(d) The Chinese reacted piously.

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

3. When Ricci was a missionary in China, what did he Ricci report to Girolamo Costa?
(a) The Chinese have requested additional Chinese missionaries.
(b) The Chinese mission needs more funds.
(c) The Chinese require patience and direction as they learn about the Christian faith.
(d) The Chinese marvel when Ricci tells them stories of the shrine to Mary at Loreto.

4. According to "Chapter Nine: Inside the Palace", what was Ricci wearing inside the palace?
(a) A robe of purple silk trimmed with blue.
(b) A priest's cassock with a hooded cowl.
(c) Vestments for a celebratory mass.
(d) A coat of many colors.

5. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?
(a) A farmer heading to market with a wagon full of crops.
(b) A farmer at planting time, hoeing in a field.
(c) A farmer's market full of local fruit and vegetables for sale.
(d) A farmer holding a sickle, ready to cut the crops in the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

2. How long had the Chinese practiced the art of splitting their idiographs?

3. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did he place on the altar of the little Shaozhou Church?

4. During the Renaissance, why were the Jesuits NOT considered a mendicant order?

5. Why did Ricci wish he had more money during the 16th century when he was in China?

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