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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Renaissance, what did some believe was the purpose of these groups in China that "pledged themselves to lives of heightened spiritual service"?
(a) Government infiltration of religious groups.
(b) Social clubs to entertain wealthy Chinese businessmen.
(c) Clandestine recruitment organizations for the Jesuits.
(d) Political organizations to unionize the Chinese workers.

2. What were the meanings of the two new idiographs made when Ricci split the second idiograph down the middle?
(a) Grain and blade.
(b) Profit and loss.
(c) Gain and benefit.
(d) Blade and knife.

3. How many children were in Ricci's family?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

4. During the 16th century, what did Yu Chunxi's teacher Zhuzong tell Yu Chunxi about Ricci's arguments?
(a) Ricci must be stopped by any means.
(b) Ricci was old and should be ignored.
(c) Ricci should be criticized in the Chinese press.
(d) Ricci was not worth his time.

5. Before Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, who was thought to have engaged in sexual misconduct while in China?
(a) Matteo Ricci.
(b) Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Pope Paul IV.
(d) Francis Xavier.

6. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?
(a) In the nursery on the second floor.
(b) In the southwest corner of the reception hall.
(c) In the barn just outside the back door.
(d) In the southwest corner of the garden.

7. 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.

8. What two moral extremes were seen in Rome during the mid-16th century?
(a) Democracy and slavery.
(b) Generosity and poverty.
(c) Celibacy and debauchery.
(d) Piety and degradation.

9. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, why were the Chinese eager to learn?
(a) They want to pass their exams to get better jobs.
(b) They want to be able to read and write in two languages.
(c) They want to be able to read and understand the Bible.
(d) They want to be role models to their children.

10. How did Ricci intend to use the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
(a) To convey God's power to destroy.
(b) To convey the sin of Sodom to the Chinese.
(c) To explain why Lot's wife turned to salt.
(d) To explain why Lot's daughters slept with Lot.

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

12. Which of these was NOT a typical gift that Ricci would give to the Chinese during his time as a missionary in the late 16th century?
(a) Bibles signed by the reigning pope.
(b) A rhinoceros horn.
(c) A small harpsichord.
(d) Religious paintings.

13. What event was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
(a) Two disciples at the tomb of Jesus, after His resurrection.
(b) Six disciples at the feeding of the multitudes with loaves and fishes.
(c) Christ encountering two disciples on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection.
(d) Christ, His mother, and two disciples at the crucifixion.

14. What did Ignatius encourage the Jesuits to publish when they published their first books in the 16th century?
(a) Latin works.
(b) Writings of the Jesuits.
(c) Greek works.
(d) Only religious works.

15. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did the Jesuits allow the Chinese to believe instead of the doctrine the Chinese were not ready to understand?
(a) God represented Mary, pregnant with Jesus.
(b) Mary was assumed into heaven.
(c) Mary was born without original sin.
(d) Jesus was God made man through birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 16th century, how did the way Ignatius Loyola wanted students to learn affect Matteo Ricci?

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?

3. When Ricci was a missionary in China, what did he Ricci report to Girolamo Costa?

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

5. In Renaissance Italy, what city was a stop on a pilgrim route from Rome to Lareto?

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