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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what was the name of the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Roman monasteries.
(b) Marian sodalities.
(c) Catholic Chinese unions.
(d) Christian conservatives.

2. 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) Lot's life.
(d) The Apostle Peter's life.

3. During the Renaissance, who made up the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Groups of Jesuits priests.
(b) Religious groups of Chinese missionaries.
(c) Groups of Jesuit nuns.
(d) Religious groups of Chinese men and women.

4. During the Renaissance, what were the Jesuits searching for in their publications?
(a) The ideal page size.
(b) The perfect font.
(c) The sturdiest paper.
(d) The highest quality ink.

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

6. 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 newly ordained priest in his first parish.
(c) A young seminary student.
(d) A child.

7. 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.

8. What did Ignatius encourage the Jesuits to publish when they published their first books in the 16th century?
(a) Only religious works.
(b) Writings of the Jesuits.
(c) Latin works.
(d) Greek works.

9. When Ricci was a missionary in China, what did he Ricci report to Girolamo Costa?
(a) The Chinese marvel when Ricci tells them stories of the shrine to Mary at Loreto.
(b) The Chinese mission needs more funds.
(c) The Chinese have requested additional Chinese missionaries.
(d) The Chinese require patience and direction as they learn about the Christian faith.

10. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was his goal in teaching different subjects to the Chinese?
(a) To draw them closer to Christianity.
(b) To inspire the Chinese to open their doors to the world.
(c) To fight illiteracy among the rural poor of China.
(d) To provide a Jesuit-based education for the upper classes.

11. How many pictures are in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

12. According to the author in "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what was the reaction to the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?
(a) Grief and wailing.
(b) Enemies capitalized on the Church's vulnerability.
(c) Jesuits were expelled from foreign missionaries.
(d) Joyous rioting in the city.

13. To which of the Buddhist beliefs was Ricci particularly hostile when he was a missionary in 16th century China?
(a) Animal sacrifice.
(b) Vegetarianism.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Slavery.

14. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what doctrine were the Chinese not ready to understand when Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China?
(a) The Assumption.
(b) The Resurrection.
(c) The Incarnation.
(d) The Epiphany.

15. How many children were in Ricci's family?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?

2. What two moral extremes were seen in Rome during the mid-16th century?

3. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?

4. During the 16th century, why had Pope Paul IV given the Inquisitors in Spain great power?

5. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what was one way he used music to impress the Chinese?

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