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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, Inside the Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did the Japanese threat have on Ricci?
(a) The Chinese ignored both the Christians and Ricci.
(b) The Chinese welcomed Christians and embraced Ricci.
(c) The Chinese tolerated Christians but ignored Ricci.
(d) The Chinese despised Christians and feared Ricci.

2. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, how were pictures of Mary received in China?
(a) The pictures were sent back to Rome.
(b) The pictures were desecrated.
(c) The Chinese reacted piously.
(d) The Chinese reacted in fear.

3. How did Ricci use the concept of "ly" into his music when he was a Chinese missionary in the 16th century?
(a) He preaches against greed and the loss of one's soul to money.
(b) He offers harpsichord music as an analogy to Christian beliefs.
(c) He incorporates the theme of social justice with the Chinese value of money.
(d) He connects the idea of profit with the musical themes of religion and morality.

4. What did Ricci help the Chinese to see with this second picture "The Road to Emmaus"?
(a) The Chinese will understand the role of salvation in the lives of Christians.
(b) The Chinese will see the wonder of the resurrection and its effect on Christ's followers.
(c) The Chinese will understand the power of Jesus to perform miracles.
(d) The Chinese will see two men accepting the resurrection of God and the third preparing for His return to heaven.

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was he able to do in five months?
(a) Complete his Jesuit curriculum.
(b) Memorize almost all Chinese idiographs.
(c) Memorize the first five books of the Bible.
(d) Speak Chinese, Latin and Greek fluently.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ricci is standing inside the palace, whom did he see grasping the cross of carved wood to which the bleeding Christ is nailed?

2. Who were the "huihui of the cross" during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

3. Where are the memory palaces that Ricci creates to be built?

4. According to "Chapter Nine: Inside the Palace", whom was Ricci quoting when wrote "Facilis descensus averni"?

5. During the Renaissance, what was one element missing in the training of Jesuits while in Rome?

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