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

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

3. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) God promising to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness.
(b) Lot, Lot's wife, and their two daughters running away from the city before it is destroyed.
(c) Lot's daughters get Lot drunk and sleep with him in order to continue their family line.
(d) God blinding the men of Sodom when they try to rape the angels.

4. Where and when did the Jesuits publish their first book?
(a) Lisbon in 1570.
(b) Rome in 1559.
(c) Jerusalem in 1459.
(d) Paris in 1539.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ricci alter the story of the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

2. According to Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom, what is the subject of the series of prints that made up third picture "The Men of Sodom"?

3. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, whom did the Chinese people fear?

4. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. On what did the Jesuits depend financially?

2. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?

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

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

5. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what were some of the gifts that Ricci was able to give the Chinese?

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

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

8. What was the fourth ideograph and image that Ricci placed in the Memory Palace?

9. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

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

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