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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Ricci intend to use the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) To explain why Lot's wife turned to salt.
(b) To convey the sin of Sodom to the Chinese.
(c) To explain why Lot's daughters slept with Lot.
(d) To convey God's power to destroy.

4. 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 relic of the cross received from the Pope in Rome.
(c) An oil painting of the Virgin Mary received from the Philippines.
(d) A statue of Buddha next to the Catholic cross.

5. Why did Ricci alter the story of the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) To communicate the idea that God is merciful.
(b) To communicate the idea that woman tempts man into sin.
(c) To communicate the idea that man is sinful.
(d) To communicate the idea that sin brings God's judgment.

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

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

8. 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) Mathematics.
(b) Language.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Science.

9. Who was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Christ and two disciples.
(b) Two disciples.
(c) Christ, his mother, and two disciples.
(d) Six apostles.

10. 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.

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

12. What was the state of Ricci's financial situation during most of his time in China?
(a) Poverty, with a constant threat of bankruptcy and expulsion.
(b) Unstable, ranging from poverty to riches on a steady basis.
(c) Increasing, as more wealthy Chinese convert to Christianity and begin to tithe to his church.
(d) Stable, with regular subsidies from his Jesuit order.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were in Ricci's family?

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

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

4. What event was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

5. 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?

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