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

2. 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.

3. 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 Japanese government.
(c) The Council of Trent.
(d) Pope Leo XII.

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

5. During the 16th century, how did the way Ignatius Loyola wanted students to learn affect Matteo Ricci?
(a) Ricci developed his mnemonic technique.
(b) Ricci argued with his instructors about the method's futility.
(c) Ricci chose to become a Jesuit.
(d) Ricci rose to the top of his class.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Renaissance Italy, what city was a stop on a pilgrim route from Rome to Lareto?

2. During the Renaissance, why were the Jesuits NOT considered a mendicant order?

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

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

5. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

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

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

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

6. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?

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

8. Where in the Memory Palace did Ricci place this last image?

9. 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?

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

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