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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many children were in Ricci's family?
2. What type of life was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
3. What problem arose because of the type of life that was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?
4. 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"?
5. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the Jesuits in China allow the Chinese to believe about Mary?
2. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?
3. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?
4. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what element of the Jesuit life did Ricci emphasize?
5. How was Ricci able to learn the Chinese language?
6. What was ironic about the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?
7. What did the second picture depict?
8. What was happening to the commercial side of life at this time?
9. How did Ricci use this third picture in his work with the Chinese?
10. Why did Ricci develop mnemonic techniques during his studies in Rome?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the third picture, Ricci uses the story of Lot and the city of Sodom as an analogy to the rule and death of Pope Paul IV. Using these two characters and their stories, discuss the theme that power and weakness rise and fall together and political abuses of power destroy public morality and respect for tradition.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of the Marian sodalities for the Jesuits and compare/contrast the Jesuit view of Mary with the Chinese view of Mary.
Essay Topic 3
Ricci quotes lines from Virgil's "Aeneid" in a letter to his school friend Giulio Fuligatti. Explain the quotation and discuss its meaning as it applies to Matteo Ricci's life.
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