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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?
(a) The pictures were sent back to Rome.
(b) The pictures were desecrated.
(c) The Chinese reacted in fear.
(d) The Chinese reacted piously.

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

4. During the Renaissance, why were the Jesuits NOT considered a mendicant order?
(a) They did not engage in teaching assignments.
(b) They did not practice chastity.
(c) They did not practice obedience to the Pope.
(d) They did not live in poverty.

5. In Renaissance Italy, what city was a stop on a pilgrim route from Rome to Lareto?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Macerata.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?

2. During the Renaissance, on what did the Jesuits depend financially to support themselves and their missionaries?

3. When they were in their missions during the 16th century, why did Ricci and Ruggieri often want money?

4. 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?

5. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what doctrine were the Chinese not ready to understand when Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

2. How did Ricci use this third picture in his work with the Chinese?

3. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what was the third Chinese character that Ricci use and what did he do with it?

4. What did Ignatius Loyola encourage the Jesuits to publish in 1559.

5. What did the second picture depict?

6. What was ironic about the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?

7. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what element of the Jesuit life did Ricci emphasize?

8. What did the Jesuits in China allow the Chinese to believe about Mary?

9. What are some of the things that Ricci did not like about China and its culture?

10. Who were Ricci's first converts in China?

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