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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. During the Renaissance, what was the focus of concern by the Jesuit missionaries in India?
(a) Jewish repression of Jesuit missionaries.
(b) Government restriction on foreign missionaries.
(c) Buddhist priests and anti-Christian sentiment.
(d) Indigenous Christians and Nestorian heresy.

2. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what tenet was similar to the three major religions of China?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Pythagorean.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Xu Guangqi.
(b) Li Zhizao.
(c) Qu Rukui.
(d) Cheng Dayou.

4. What was Ricci doing at the beginning of Chapter Nine: Inside the Palace?
(a) He was thinking back over his life.
(b) He was explaining his religion to the Chinese.
(c) He was planning a celebration.
(d) He was writing his last notes in his journal.

5. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?
(a) The Chinese will see two men accepting the resurrection of God and the third preparing for His return to heaven.
(b) The Chinese will understand the role of salvation in the lives of Christians.
(c) The Chinese will understand the power of Jesus to perform miracles.
(d) The Chinese will see the wonder of the resurrection and its effect on Christ's followers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Renaissance Italy, what city was a stop on a pilgrim route from Rome to Lareto?

2. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

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

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

5. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?

(see the answer key)

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