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

2. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", how many people were in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Matteo Ricci.
(b) The Council of Trent.
(c) Pope Leo XII.
(d) The Japanese government.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 16th century, how did the way Ignatius Loyola wanted students to learn affect Matteo Ricci?

2. What did Ricci NOT like about the Confucian moral system when he was a missionary in the 16th century?

3. Why did Ricci wish he had more money during the 16th century when he was in China?

4. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did he place on the altar of the little Shaozhou Church?

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. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what was the relationship between Matteo Ricci and Girolamo Costa?

2. According to the author's speculation, why did Ricci seem so drawn to Mary, the mother of Jesus?

3. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what is the image in the third picture?

4. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?

5. Where did Ricci place this third image in the Memory Palace?

6. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?

7. How did the Chinese receive the ideas of Western science?

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

9. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

10. What was happening to the commercial side of life at this time?

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