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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 fight illiteracy among the rural poor of China.
(c) To inspire the Chinese to open their doors to the world.
(d) To provide a Jesuit-based education for the upper classes.

2. 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?
(a) China had extraordinary cooking methods.
(b) China had excellent gardens and beautiful porcelain.
(c) China had great diversity.
(d) China was opposed to slavery.

3. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what was one way he used music to impress the Chinese?
(a) He provided piano lessons once a week.
(b) He taught the elite Chinese eunuchs to play Western music.
(c) He directed a children's choir and orchestra.
(d) He performed one-man concerts during Christmas and Easter celebrations.

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

5. When Ricci was a 16th century missionary in China, how did he use the event of the Inquisition when teaching the Chinese?
(a) He compared the event to the story of Sodom and its moral extremes.
(b) He compared the event to the persecution of Jews around the world.
(c) He compared the event to conflict in China between the Buddhists and the emperor.
(d) He compared the event to Judas' betrayal of Jesus to the Romans.

6. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?
(a) A farmer's market full of local fruit and vegetables for sale.
(b) A farmer holding a sickle, ready to cut the crops in the field.
(c) A farmer at planting time, hoeing in a field.
(d) A farmer heading to market with a wagon full of crops.

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

8. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did the Jesuits allow the Chinese to believe instead of the doctrine the Chinese were not ready to understand?
(a) God represented Mary, pregnant with Jesus.
(b) Mary was born without original sin.
(c) Jesus was God made man through birth.
(d) Mary was assumed into heaven.

9. During the Renaissance, what did Ignatius Loyola encourage Jesuits to do with their possessions?
(a) Keep them safe.
(b) Turn them over to the Jesuit order.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Share them.

10. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was he able to do in five months?
(a) Memorize the first five books of the Bible.
(b) Memorize almost all Chinese idiographs.
(c) Complete his Jesuit curriculum.
(d) Speak Chinese, Latin and Greek fluently.

11. How was Pope Paul IV buried in the 16th century?
(a) Buried deep and late at night so his corpse would not be stolen.
(b) With great pomp and circumstance befitting the position of a church leader.
(c) Buried in a pauper's grave to show his humble roots.
(d) With modest trappings and ceremony to honor a common man.

12. What event was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Six disciples at the feeding of the multitudes with loaves and fishes.
(b) Christ, His mother, and two disciples at the crucifixion.
(c) Christ encountering two disciples on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection.
(d) Two disciples at the tomb of Jesus, after His resurrection.

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

14. 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) Christian conservatives.
(c) Marian sodalities.
(d) Catholic Chinese unions.

15. 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) Joyous rioting in the city.
(b) Grief and wailing.
(c) Enemies capitalized on the Church's vulnerability.
(d) Jesuits were expelled from foreign missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?

3. What type of life was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

4. In Renaissance Italy, what city was a stop on a pilgrim route from Rome to Lareto?

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?

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