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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author suggest in Chapter 3 of "Good Works & Heroic Virtues" would be possible if all of Mother Teresa's prize money was used on one project?
(a) Calcutta could have a teaching hospital.
(b) The Home for the Dying could have 24-hour doctor supervision.
(c) The poor in Mother Teresa's homes could have several years' worth of rations.
(d) The homeless of Calcutta could be afforded permanent shelter.

2. Which group awarded Mother Teresa with a medallion inscribed with, "Food For All: Holy Year 1975"?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) The Indian government.
(c) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
(d) The United States government.

3. How much money did a former missionary of charity confess was collecting in one of the charities checking accounts in the Bronx?
(a) $70 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $90 million.
(d) $40 million.

4. Which prominent Catholic writer has made the point that ranking contraception as a sin equivalent to abortion is cheapening the moral position on abortion?
(a) Charles Keating.
(b) Clare Booth Luce.
(c) Malcolm Muggeridge.
(d) Christopher Hitchens.

5. In the Foreword and Acknowledgments, what does the author suggest Mother Teresa was?
(a) A beggar of means and power.
(b) The chair of a missionary multinational.
(c) A strategic face of the Vatican.
(d) A self-sacrificing zealot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the impression his documentary helped to create, Malcolm Muggeridge said, "Mother Teresa's way of looking at life is barren soil for ________."

2. How many convents did Mother Teresa boast of operating?

3. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?

4. In what language was the slogan "In this sign shall ye conquer" written in the Haitian publication?

5. According to the book, how many years had Mother Teresa been working in Calcutta?

(see the answer key)

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