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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did this person who appeared in Ricci's most significant dream tell him to do?
(a) Learn the Chinese language.
(b) Establish a mission in Shanghai.
(c) Set up an orphanage in Zhaoqing.
(d) Begin preaching in Peking.

3. On what ship did Ricci travel in 1578?
(a) The Miracle at Cana.
(b) The St. Gregory.
(c) The St. Louis.
(d) The Good Jesus.

4. Describe the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves."
(a) Apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
(b) Apostle Peter trying to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee.
(c) Saul being stuck down on the road to Damascus.
(d) Jesus healing the lepers.

5. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?
(a) He realizes the Apostle Peter in the picture looks like him.
(b) He knows the Chinese have read the Bible.
(c) He needs to get the image to represent Christ's death and atonement.
(d) He wants to see how much the Chinese remember from his other stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 16th century, why had Pope Paul IV given the Inquisitors in Spain great power?

2. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?

3. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", which of these is NOT one of the things that Ricci appreciated in China?

4. During the Renaissance, what were the Jesuits searching for in their publications?

5. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", when Ricci travels from Nanjing to Nanchang, who appears in his most significant dream?

(see the answer key)

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