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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
(a) Jews.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) Nestorians.
(d) Muslims.

2. What kind of map did Ricci draw in 1584?
(a) A world map with Chinese names for the countries of the world.
(b) A map of the New World for Jesuit missionaries set to travel there.
(c) A map of Europe with Chinese names.
(d) A map of the Chinese seas with Westernized names.

3. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?
(a) Several hundred slaves.
(b) Crates of Bibles for the missions.
(c) Nuns and orphans bound for Portugal.
(d) Dysentery and malaria.

4. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", when Ricci cut the idiograph in half horizontally, what did the two halves mean?
(a) The upper half meant "woman," and the bottom half meant "west."
(b) The upper half meant "man," and the bottom half meant "east."
(c) The upper half meant "east," and the bottom half meant "man."
(d) The upper half meant "west," and the bottom half meant "woman."

5. How did the Chinese people respond to Ricci's mnemonic abilities?
(a) They were frightened.
(b) They were not impressed.
(c) They were stunned.
(d) They were indifferent.

6. How many Christians were in the Japanese army during the 16th century?
(a) 15,000.
(b) None.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 150.

7. Where was the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves" to be placed?
(a) In the Ink Garden.
(b) In the Emperor's Palace.
(c) In the Cook's Kitchen.
(d) In the Grand Lobby.

8. Ricci grew up in Macerata during a period of what?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Peace.
(c) War and violence.
(d) Disease.

9. How was the relationship between true religious experience and magical powers perceived during the 16th century?
(a) A clear distinction between true religious experience and magical powers.
(b) An opposition between true religious experience and magical powers.
(c) A merging of true religious experience and magical powers.
(d) A vague line between true religious experience and magical powers.

10. From whom was Macerata in constant danger from attack?
(a) The Papal Police.
(b) The Ottomans.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Muslims.

11. To what does Ricci compare a ship's pilot?
(a) The mind of God.
(b) The eyes of the Emperor.
(c) The soul of the crew.
(d) The hand of God.

12. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?
(a) Inability to understand the papacy.
(b) Lack of Christian works, such as the Bible.
(c) Hostility from other Chinese.
(d) Repression from the government.

13. How long did Christopher Plantin take to write his Bible, the pinnacle of the Counter-Reformation, in the 16th century?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

14. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Overloading of goods, peoples and services.
(b) Poorly constructed ships.
(c) Rocky harbors and pirates.
(d) Poorly packed explosives.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom were Macerata's rural poor fighting?

3. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?

4. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

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

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