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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?
2. According to Chapter Seven, The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom, what is the subject of the series of prints that made up third picture "The Men of Sodom"?
3. How was Pope Paul IV buried in the 16th century?
4. According to "Chapter Five, The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus", how many people were in the second picture "The Road to Emmaus" that Ricci showed Cheng Dayue?
5. What does the first picture depict in the series of prints that made up the third picture, "The Men of Sodom"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ricci use this third picture in his work with the Chinese?
2. On what did the Jesuits depend financially?
3. Why did Ricci wish he had more money?
4. How did the Chinese receive the ideas of Western science?
5. 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?
6. According to "Chapter Six, The Third Image: Profit and Harvest", what were some of the gifts that Ricci was able to give the Chinese?
7. Why did Ricci develop mnemonic techniques during his studies in Rome?
8. Where did Ricci place this third image in the Memory Palace?
9. What are some of the things that Ricci did not like about China and its culture?
10. What did the second picture depict?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Matteo Ricci appreciated much about China and the Chinese, including the Confucian moral system. Explain the Confucian moral system and the way it compares and contrasts to another major religion, such as Judaism, Catholicism or Islam.
Essay Topic 2
Sexual immorality caused Ricci great concern. Discuss the ways in which both the Jesuits and the Chinese challenged Ricci's view of sexual morality and the ways he chose to combat it.
Essay Topic 3
The last chapter of the book relies on imagery to convey Ricci's last look at the Memory Palace. Discuss the way the author appeals to the five senses and the way the imagery develops the summation of Ricci's life.
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