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

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

3. Why was Pope Paul IV unpopular during his reign in the 16th century?
(a) His determination to expand Catholicism.
(b) His leadership in the Crusades.
(c) His greed emptied the pockets of the commoners.
(d) His role in the Inquisition.

4. 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) Language.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Agriculture.

5. About what did Ricci's Chinese Christian converts complain?
(a) Repression from the government.
(b) Lack of Christian works, such as the Bible.
(c) Inability to understand the papacy.
(d) Hostility from other Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ricci NOT like about the Confucian moral system when he was a missionary in the 16th century?

2. Where had Ricci traveled throughout 1578?

3. In the 16th century, who provided funds to Christopher Plantin to write his Bible?

4. What caused marine accidents during the 16th century in the Chinese seas?

5. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?

(see the answer key)

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