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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what were the Jesuit missions in India concerned?
(a) Influx of foreigners.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Muslim assault.

2. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what was the next idiograph that Ricci chose?
(a) Yao.
(b) Li.
(c) Ming.
(d) Wu.

3. What was the state of Ricci's financial situation during most of his time in China?
(a) Stable, with regular subsidies from his Jesuit order.
(b) Increasing, as more wealthy Chinese convert to Christianity and begin to tithe to his church.
(c) Poverty, with a constant threat of bankruptcy and expulsion.
(d) Unstable, ranging from poverty to riches on a steady basis.

4. Who was the charismatic missionary to India who aimed to inspire the Asian missions of the Jesuits?
(a) Alessandro Valignano.
(b) Louis Pellicano.
(c) Francesco Martines.
(d) Ignatius Loyola.

5. Where was Ricci born?
(a) In Florence, Italy.
(b) In Macerata, Italy.
(c) In Peking, China.
(d) In Lisbon, Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what was the focus of concern by the Jesuit missionaries in India?

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

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

4. During the Renaissance, what did Ignatius Loyola encourage Jesuits to do with their possessions?

5. During the Renaissance, who made up the groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?

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