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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Renaissance, why were the Jesuits NOT considered a mendicant order?
(a) They did not live in poverty.
(b) They did not practice obedience to the Pope.
(c) They did not engage in teaching assignments.
(d) They did not practice chastity.

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??
(a) Matteo Ricci.
(b) Ignatius Loyola.
(c) A courier of Jesuit letters.
(d) A cook employed by Matteo Ricci.

3. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?
(a) By committing many subjects to memory.
(b) By working in small groups to teach each other.
(c) By writing sections of textbooks in their own hand.
(d) By reading the Bible and relating it to the sciences.

4. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what was the next idiograph that Ricci chose?
(a) Wu.
(b) Li.
(c) Ming.
(d) Yao.

5. During the 16th century, why had Pope Paul IV given the Inquisitors in Spain great power?
(a) To vie with the King of Spain for political control.
(b) To raise the status of the clergy over the government.
(c) To seek revenge for the Crucifixion of Christ.
(d) To run out the disbelievers of the Catholic church.

6. Before Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, who was thought to have engaged in sexual misconduct while in China?
(a) Matteo Ricci.
(b) Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Francis Xavier.
(d) Pope Paul IV.

7. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) God promising to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness.
(b) God blinding the men of Sodom when they try to rape the angels.
(c) Lot's daughters get Lot drunk and sleep with him in order to continue their family line.
(d) Lot, Lot's wife, and their two daughters running away from the city before it is destroyed.

8. How old was Matteo Ricci during the time of the Inquisition and death of Pope Paul IV in the 16th century?
(a) A missionary in China.
(b) A child.
(c) A young seminary student.
(d) A newly ordained priest in his first parish.

9. Why did Ricci wish he had more money during the 16th century when he was in China?
(a) To provide more financial resources to the impoverished Chinese farmers.
(b) To bribe government officials to leave his mission alone.
(c) To build a new church for his Christian converts.
(d) To buy books to further his plans for the conversion of the Chinese people.

10. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?
(a) They want to pass their exams to get better jobs.
(b) They want to be able to read and understand the Bible.
(c) They want to be role models to their children.
(d) They want to be able to read and write in two languages.

11. According to Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom, what is the subject of the series of prints that made up third picture "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) Mary's life.
(b) John the Baptist's life.
(c) The Apostle Peter's life.
(d) Lot's life.

12. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?
(a) Profit and loss.
(b) Grain and blade.
(c) Blade and knife.
(d) Gain and benefit.

13. How did the characters look in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Although they are in intense conversation, they seem still and frozen.
(b) Christ is shown in agony as his mother weeps and is supported in her grief by the two apostles.
(c) The six apostles are smiling as they hand out the food.
(d) The two disciples stand at the opening of the tomb and look frightened.

14. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?
(a) Loss.
(b) Benefit.
(c) Profit.
(d) Gain.

15. What did the fourth ideograph, "hao," represent in the Chinese language during the 16th century?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Obedience.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", which of these is NOT one of the things that Ricci appreciated in China?

2. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", who promoted morality in China during the 16th century?

3. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", how many people were in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

4. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", who is Girolamo Costa?

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

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