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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Chinese reacted in fear.
(c) The pictures were desecrated.
(d) The Chinese reacted piously.

2. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what did he place on the altar of the little Shaozhou Church?
(a) A relic of the cross received from the Pope in Rome.
(b) An oil painting of the Virgin Mary received from the Philippines.
(c) A painting of the Memory Palace drawn by a famous Chinese artist.
(d) A statue of Buddha next to the Catholic cross.

3. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, whom did the Chinese people fear?
(a) Foreign invaders.
(b) Buddhist monks.
(c) The Chinese ruler.
(d) Jesuit missionaries.

4. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", who is Girolamo Costa?
(a) An Italian government official who speaks against Ricci.
(b) A friend of Ricci who entered the Jesuit order within a year of Ricci.
(c) The leader of the Jesuit order in Italy.
(d) A young seminarian working with Ricci in China.

5. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?
(a) Cheng Dayou.
(b) Qu Rukui.
(c) Li Zhizao.
(d) Xu Guangqi.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture", what doctrine were the Chinese not ready to understand when Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China?

2. What was the memory image that Ricci associated with the altered second image?

3. During the 16th century, what did Yu Chunxi's teacher Zhuzong tell Yu Chunxi about Ricci's arguments?

4. Who was depicted in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?

5. What problem arose because of the type of life that was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Chinese receive the ideas of Western science?

2. What did the Jesuits in China allow the Chinese to believe about Mary?

3. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?

4. Where did Ricci place this third image in the Memory Palace?

5. How did Ricci use this third picture in his work with the Chinese?

6. What was ironic about the death of Pope Paul IV in 1559?

7. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what element of the Jesuit life did Ricci emphasize?

8. Where in the Memory Palace did Ricci place this last image?

9. Why did Ricci develop mnemonic techniques during his studies in Rome?

10. What did Ricci admire and appreciate in China?

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