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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 conflict in China between the Buddhists and the emperor.
(b) He compared the event to Judas' betrayal of Jesus to the Romans.
(c) He compared the event to the story of Sodom and its moral extremes.
(d) He compared the event to the persecution of Jews around the world.

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

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

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

5. When they were in their missions during the 16th century, why did Ricci and Ruggieri often want money?
(a) To buy Bibles for the fifteen Christian converts.
(b) To travel outside the major cities to preach to the people in the countryside.
(c) To pay for transportation for the Chinese to come to the city.
(d) To procure the proper gifts for the Chinese to impress them.

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

7. Which of these was NOT a typical gift that Ricci would give to the Chinese during his time as a missionary in the late 16th century?
(a) Religious paintings.
(b) A small harpsichord.
(c) Bibles signed by the reigning pope.
(d) A rhinoceros horn.

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

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

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

11. 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) The two disciples stand at the opening of the tomb and look frightened.
(c) The six apostles are smiling as they hand out the food.
(d) Christ is shown in agony as his mother weeps and is supported in her grief by the two apostles.

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

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

14. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?
(a) In the barn just outside the back door.
(b) In the southwest corner of the garden.
(c) In the southwest corner of the reception hall.
(d) In the nursery on the second floor.

15. What did Ricci deplore that was widespread in Peking during the 16th century?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Prostitution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who or what urged penalties on Christians who participated with the Japanese in the Japanese use of financial tricks to make money during the 16th century?

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was wrong with the science taught to the Chinese?

4. What was the state of Ricci's financial situation during most of his time in China?

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was his goal in teaching different subjects to the Chinese?

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