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

2. What did Ricci NOT like about the Confucian moral system when he was a missionary in the 16th century?
(a) Its subjugation of children.
(b) Its approval of animal sacrifice.
(c) Its pantheism.
(d) Its ideas about the role of women.

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

4. During the Renaissance, who made up the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Religious groups of Chinese men and women.
(b) Groups of Jesuits priests.
(c) Religious groups of Chinese missionaries.
(d) Groups of Jesuit nuns.

5. 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"?
(a) Lot's life.
(b) Mary's life.
(c) John the Baptist's life.
(d) The Apostle Peter's life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the fourth ideograph, "hao," represent in the Chinese language during the 16th century?

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

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

5. During the 16th century, how did Yu Chunxi react to Ricci's criticism of the Buddhist belief that Ricci was particularly hostile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Ricci develop mnemonic techniques during his studies in Rome?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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