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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. 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) A rhinoceros horn.
(b) A small harpsichord.
(c) Religious paintings.
(d) Bibles signed by the reigning pope.

2. When they were in their missions during the 16th century, why did Ricci and Ruggieri often want money?
(a) To procure the proper gifts for the Chinese to impress them.
(b) To buy Bibles for the fifteen Christian converts.
(c) To travel outside the major cities to preach to the people in the countryside.
(d) To pay for transportation for the Chinese to come to the city.

3. Who was the college teacher in Rome that maintained a correspondence with Ricci after Ricci left school?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Clavius.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Ignatius.

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

5. During the Renaissance, what did Ignatius Loyola encourage Jesuits to do with their possessions?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Turn them over to the Jesuit order.
(c) Keep them safe.
(d) Share them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of life was flourishing during the 16th century when Ricci was in China?

2. What did the fourth ideograph, "hao," represent in the Chinese language during the 16th century?

3. When Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, what was one way he used music to impress the Chinese?

4. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was he able to do in five months?

5. Before Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, who was thought to have engaged in sexual misconduct while in China?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what did the Jesuits depend financially?

2. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?

3. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what was the third Chinese character that Ricci use and what did he do with it?

4. Who were Ricci's first converts in China?

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

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

7. What did the second picture depict?

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

9. What was Ricci's attitude toward Buddhism?

10. According to "Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom", what is the image in the third picture?

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