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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) They provide him with Chinese friends.
(b) They give him solace.
(c) They make him nervous.
(d) They make him sad.

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

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was wrong with the science taught to the Chinese?
(a) It disregarded Western discoveries and advances.
(b) It focused on outdated principles.
(c) It led to many disasters to the environment.
(d) It lacked fundamental principles.

4. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?
(a) Profit and loss.
(b) Gain and benefit.
(c) Grain and blade.
(d) Blade and knife.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) A rhinoceros horn.
(b) A small harpsichord.
(c) Bibles signed by the reigning pope.
(d) Religious paintings.

10. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", who promoted morality in China during the 16th century?
(a) The Chinese bureaucracy.
(b) The Jesuit missionaries.
(c) The Chinese religions.
(d) The Chinese high priests.

11. Why was Pope Paul IV unpopular during his reign in the 16th century?
(a) His determination to expand Catholicism.
(b) His role in the Inquisition.
(c) His greed emptied the pockets of the commoners.
(d) His leadership in the Crusades.

12. At what was Ricci particularly adept during his studies in Rome during the Renaissance that helped him later with the Chinese?
(a) He developed an appreciation for different learning styles which helped him teach the Chinese.
(b) He could recite the entire Bible from memory which impressed the Chinese.
(c) He developed debating skills which he used to counter Chinese arguments.
(d) He combined vivid imagery and lengthy sequences with his mnemonic skills.

13. What problem arose because of the type of life that was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
(a) Conflicts over slavery.
(b) Conflicts over government benefits.
(c) Conflicts over workers' conditions.
(d) Conflicts over money.

14. During the Renaissance, what did some believe was the purpose of these groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Clandestine recruitment organizations for the Jesuits.
(b) Social clubs to entertain wealthy Chinese businessmen.
(c) Political organizations to unionize the Chinese workers.
(d) Government infiltration of religious groups.

15. 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 run out the disbelievers of the Catholic church.
(c) To vie with the King of Spain for political control.
(d) To seek revenge for the Crucifixion of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", what did Ricci teach to the Chinese that he compared to branches of a stream?

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

5. To which of the Buddhist beliefs was Ricci particularly hostile when he was a missionary in 16th century China?

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