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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. During the Renaissance, what did Ignatius Loyola encourage Jesuits to do with their possessions?
(a) Keep them safe.
(b) Share them.
(c) Turn them over to the Jesuit order.
(d) Sell them.

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

3. During the Renaissance, on what did the Jesuits depend financially to support themselves and their missionaries?
(a) The donations of generous Catholics who believed in the missionary work of the Jesuits.
(b) The success of international trade.
(c) The support of the Catholic Church in Rome.
(d) The profit from the books of Jesuit sermons.

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

5. What was the meaning of the third idiograph chosen by Ricci?
(a) Benefit.
(b) Profit.
(c) Loss.
(d) Gain.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why was Pope Paul IV unpopular during his reign in the 16th century?

4. 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?

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?

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

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

5. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

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

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

8. What did the second picture depict?

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

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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