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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. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", what did Ricci teach to the Chinese that he compared to branches of a stream?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Science.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Language.

2. According to the author in "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what was the reaction to the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?
(a) Grief and wailing.
(b) Enemies capitalized on the Church's vulnerability.
(c) Joyous rioting in the city.
(d) Jesuits were expelled from foreign missionaries.

3. During the trip in 1578, what did the ships on which Ricci was riding pick up in Mozambique?
(a) Nuns and orphans bound for Portugal.
(b) Dysentery and malaria.
(c) Crates of Bibles for the missions.
(d) Several hundred slaves.

4. On this trip in 1578, what skills did Ricci develop?
(a) Astronomy and alchemy.
(b) Engineering and sailing.
(c) Foreign languages and painting.
(d) Mapmaking and navigating through bad weather.

5. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) God promising to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness.
(b) Lot's daughters get Lot drunk and sleep with him in order to continue their family line.
(c) God blinding the men of Sodom when they try to rape the angels.
(d) Lot, Lot's wife, and their two daughters running away from the city before it is destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the Renaissance, how did Ignatius Loyola want students to learn?

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

4. What did Ricci deplore that was widespread in Peking during the 16th century?

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

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