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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. During the Renaissance, on what did the Jesuits depend financially to support themselves and their missionaries?
(a) The support of the Catholic Church in Rome.
(b) The profit from the books of Jesuit sermons.
(c) The donations of generous Catholics who believed in the missionary work of the Jesuits.
(d) The success of international trade.

5. How did Ricci use the concept of "ly" into his music when he was a Chinese missionary in the 16th century?
(a) He offers harpsichord music as an analogy to Christian beliefs.
(b) He preaches against greed and the loss of one's soul to money.
(c) He incorporates the theme of social justice with the Chinese value of money.
(d) He connects the idea of profit with the musical themes of religion and morality.

6. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Cheng Dayou.
(b) Qu Rukui.
(c) Xu Guangqi.
(d) Li Zhizao.

7. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did he place on the altar of the little Shaozhou Church?
(a) A painting of the Memory Palace drawn by a famous Chinese artist.
(b) A statue of Buddha next to the Catholic cross.
(c) An oil painting of the Virgin Mary received from the Philippines.
(d) A relic of the cross received from the Pope in Rome.

8. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?
(a) The Chinese will see the wonder of the resurrection and its effect on Christ's followers.
(b) The Chinese will see two men accepting the resurrection of God and the third preparing for His return to heaven.
(c) The Chinese will understand the power of Jesus to perform miracles.
(d) The Chinese will understand the role of salvation in the lives of Christians.

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

10. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", what did Ricci teach to the Chinese that he compared to branches of a stream?
(a) Language.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Agriculture.

11. 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) Pope Paul IV.
(c) Ignatius Loyola.
(d) Francis Xavier.

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

13. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", who is Girolamo Costa?
(a) The leader of the Jesuit order in Italy.
(b) An Italian government official who speaks against Ricci.
(c) A young seminarian working with Ricci in China.
(d) A friend of Ricci who entered the Jesuit order within a year of Ricci.

14. What did Ricci NOT like about the Confucian moral system when he was a missionary in the 16th century?
(a) Its pantheism.
(b) Its subjugation of children.
(c) Its approval of animal sacrifice.
(d) Its ideas about the role of women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what effect did Ricci's reflections on the Virgin Mary have on him?

2. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

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

4. Which one of these is NOT part of the location where Ricci placed the new image in the Memory Palace?

5. Why did Ricci alter the story of the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

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