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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. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?

2. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?

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

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

5. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?

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

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

6. According to the author's speculation, why did Ricci seem so drawn to Mary, the mother of Jesus?

7. On what did the Jesuits depend financially?

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

9. Who were Ricci's first converts in China?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sexual immorality caused Ricci great concern. Discuss the ways in which both the Jesuits and the Chinese challenged Ricci's view of sexual morality and the ways he chose to combat it.

Essay Topic 2

During the 16th century, the political life of Italy was unstable. Connected by a number of city-states, the country was constantly drawn into internal and external feuds, war and violence. Adding to the chaos was the powerful presence of the Catholic Church and the role of the pope. Taking into account his age, his family's position in the community, and his education, explain how these events influenced Matteo Ricci.

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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