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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 rose to the top of his class.
(b) Ricci chose to become a Jesuit.
(c) Ricci argued with his instructors about the method's futility.
(d) Ricci developed his mnemonic technique.

2. During the 16th century, why had Pope Paul IV given the Inquisitors in Spain great power?
(a) To raise the status of the clergy over the government.
(b) To run out the disbelievers of the Catholic church.
(c) To vie with the King of Spain for political control.
(d) To seek revenge for the Crucifixion of Christ.

3. In Ricci's version of the story of the first picture "The Apostle in the Waves," how did he depict Jesus?
(a) As a charismatic leader.
(b) As a lowly carpenter.
(c) As a wise man.
(d) As the son of God.

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

5. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?
(a) By reading the Bible and relating it to the sciences.
(b) By committing many subjects to memory.
(c) By writing sections of textbooks in their own hand.
(d) By working in small groups to teach each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two moral extremes were seen in Rome during the mid-16th century?

2. Who endangered marine trips during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was he able to do in five months?

4. How did the Jesuits ensure that their messages were delivered back and forth during the 16th century?

5. How many pictures are in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

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