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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chinese, what is a "huihui"?
(a) A native Chinese who follows Confucius.
(b) A Muslim person as well as Jews and Nestorian Christians in China.
(c) A Western woman who dresses like a Chinese woman.
(d) A Chinese Christian convert.

2. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?
(a) God.
(b) Peter the Apostle.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Mary.

3. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", to whom did Ricci give the first picture?
(a) Kim Suk.
(b) Kwok Sing.
(c) Dayue Cheng.
(d) Cheng Dayue.

4. How did the Jesuits ensure that their messages were delivered back and forth during the 16th century?
(a) They sent one copy eastward and one copy westward.
(b) They send two copies of their letters via two different sea passages.
(c) They sent one copy over land and one copy over sea.
(d) They sent one across the desert and one across the sea.

5. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Jesus healing the lepers.
(b) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(c) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.
(d) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.

6. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," how did he depict Jesus?
(a) As a charismatic leader.
(b) As a wise man.
(c) As the son of God.
(d) As a lowly carpenter.

7. When did Ricci leave Macerata to study in Rome?
(a) 1607.
(b) 1568.
(c) 1574.
(d) 1658.

8. 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 Europe with Chinese names.
(c) A map of the New World for Jesuit missionaries set to travel there.
(d) A map of the Chinese seas with Westernized names.

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

10. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated the Ten Commandments while he was a missionary in China?
(a) "Not".
(b) "Covet".
(c) "Thou".
(d) "Shall".

11. How long had the Alaleona and Pellicani families been fighting when Ricci was a child in Macerata?
(a) For ten years.
(b) For fifty years.
(c) For five years.
(d) For twenty years.

12. What kind of map did Ricci print in 1602?
(a) A map of China divided by provinces.
(b) A more accurate map with Western political organizations and locates of the Holy Land and holy cities.
(c) A world map with locations of Jesuit missionaries.
(d) A map of China noting the religions practiced in different areas.

13. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?
(a) Pirates and privateers.
(b) Ill-trained captains and navigators.
(c) Mutinous seamen.
(d) Greedy ship owners.

14. When the king died without an heir, what effect did this have?
(a) Increased the influence on Protestants on the Portuguese.
(b) Decreased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.
(c) Decreased the interest in exploration to the New World.
(d) Increased the prestige of Christendom when missionary work was important.

15. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", which one of these does NOT describe Governor Lu?
(a) He was preparing his songs for their bureaucratic examinations.
(b) He was employed high in the Ming dynasty bureaucracy.
(c) He forbade the Chinese people to listen to Ricci.
(d) He was the head of one of the highest families in Chinese society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did the Jesuits NOT do on the trip in 1578?

2. According to Ricci, which one of these is NOT a way in which memory palaces can be built?

3. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", how did Ricci believe that humans could remember anything?

4. In the 16th century, who announced his plan to conquer Korea and overthrow the Chinese government?

5. What was the meaning of "yao" when Ricci translated devotional prayers while he was a missionary in China?

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