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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author of the 1994 Lancet article was disturbed to learn Mother Teresa's clinic uses no strong ________.
(a) Disinfectants.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Bandaging.
(d) Analgesics.

2. According to the 1994 Lancet article, diagnostic investigations were seldom permissible because Mother Teresa preferred ________ to planning.
(a) Providence.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Piety.
(d) Practicality.

3. What does the author believe the enormous weight of received opinion a critic of Mother Teresa has to operate against is made up of?
(a) Fundamentalist deceptions.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Wishful thinking.

4. According to the book, how many years had Mother Teresa been working in Calcutta?
(a) Three and a half decades.
(b) Five and a quarter decades.
(c) Four and a half decades.
(d) Most of four decades.

5. Where did the Haitian president and his wife flee to during their exile?
(a) United States.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ken Macmillan credit for the footage of the House of the Dying?

2. What is inscribed over the door of the offices of the Missionaries of Charity on Bose Road?

3. Which groups, does the author mention, have petitioned for the right to be considered true Catholics?

4. What are the homeless men from Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel not allowed to do?

5. Who was instrumental in bringing Mother Teresa's image to international attention?

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