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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Muslim assault.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) Influx of foreigners.

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

6. 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.

7. Who ruled China from 1573 to 1620, almost the entire time Ricci was there?
(a) Emperor Yu.
(b) Emperor Kwan.
(c) Emperor Wanli.
(d) Emperor Zhuzong.

8. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The Miracle at Cana.
(b) The St. Louis.
(c) The St. Gregory.
(d) The Good Jesus.

9. According to "Chapter Two, The First Image: The Warriors", what does the Chinese idiograph "wu" symbolize?
(a) War.
(b) Spear.
(c) Stop or prevent.
(d) Clean and dry.

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

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

12. What were Ricci's rules for picking an area in the memory palace to store the new image of the idiograph "wu"?
(a) Find a clean and dry space.
(b) Find a large and wide space.
(c) Find a small and narrow space.
(d) Find a quiet and small space.

13. To whom did the Chinese emperor leave many matters to be handled?
(a) His appointed cabinet.
(b) Military generals.
(c) Administrative eunuchs.
(d) Elected representatives.

14. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?
(a) Instruction in world cultures.
(b) Instruction in world languages.
(c) Instruction in similarities among religions.
(d) Instruction in alternative doctrines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What did Matteo Ricci teach the Chinese people?

3. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," to whom did he compare Jesus?

4. What were the meanings of the split idiographs of "wu"?

5. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?

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