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

2. Which of these was NOT a typical gift that Ricci would give to the Chinese during his time as a missionary in the late 16th century?
(a) Bibles signed by the reigning pope.
(b) A small harpsichord.
(c) A rhinoceros horn.
(d) Religious paintings.

3. Toward the end of his life, what irony struck Ricci about the Chinese?
(a) The Chinese in the cities embraced Catholicism before the people in the rural areas.
(b) The Chinese feared foreign nations despite having a large population and large army.
(c) The Chinese were better educated than the threatening nations.
(d) The Chinese sought to dominate smaller surrounding countries.

4. How can Ricci's use of mnemonic devices be understood?
(a) As part of an anti-Jesuit movement to prevent Chinese conversions.
(b) As part of an encroachment of Western civilization on Asian cultures.
(c) As part of an anti-Christian movement.
(d) As part of a long Christian tradition of missionaries confronting purported magicians.

5. How did Ricci change the meaning of the ideograph "yao"?
(a) He used it to represent female Christian converts.
(b) He used it represent the people of one true God.
(c) He used it to represent Chinese who resisted conversion.
(d) He used to represent the unification of the three Chinese religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ricci was a missionary, what religion was he startled to learn was practiced by some Chinese?

2. Who was arrested, beaten and imprisoned for trying to make money by keeping tribute given to the guards at the Xiangshan border during the 16th century when Ricci was in China??

3. During the Renaissance, what did Ignatius Loyola encourage Jesuits to do with their possessions?

4. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?

5. How many pictures are in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

(see the answer key)

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