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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Malcolm Muggeridge claim registered on a photographic film?
(a) Mother Teresa's glow of virtue.
(b) The Spirits of the Departed.
(c) The haloes of saints.
(d) The Kindly Light.

2. What question are sisters from the Missionaries of Charity supposed to ask a dying individual before secretly baptizing them?
(a) If he wanted an extra dose of medicine.
(b) If he wanted a ticket to heaven.
(c) If he wanted his suffering to end.
(d) If he believed that God could save him.

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

4. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?
(a) A medical clinic for Haiti's poor.
(b) A $10,000 donation.
(c) Legion d'honneur.
(d) Access to Haiti's government buildings.

5. Chapter 2 in "Good Works and Heroic Virtues" the author contends that a clear correlation can be found between the limitation of family _____ and the life chances of the family members.
(a) Abuse.
(b) Size.
(c) Worship.
(d) Income.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 2 of "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," a faction from what organization has found Mother Teresa useful as an advertisement of good works and an instrument of moral suasion?

2. In which two magazines did the author publish early polemics against Mother Teresa?

3. In Catholicism, what is a woman experiencing danger in childbirth supposed to do?

4. What were the Bangladesah war in 1971 and the sectarian brushfires in Assam responsible for?

5. Ms. Victoria Gillick was a ________ that accused the author's documentary of being a "Jewish/Muslim conspiracy against the One True Faith."

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