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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Miracle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Bangladesah war in 1971 and the sectarian brushfires in Assam responsible for?
(a) The exile of Christian missionaries.
(b) Calcutta sanctioned work houses.
(c) Calcutta's overpopulation.
(d) Calcutta's underpopulation.

2. In the Introduction, the author claims that Mother Teresa's life showed a determination to be ranked with _______ and ________.
(a) St. Paul, St. John the Apostle.
(b) St. Jude, St. Peter.
(c) St. Thomas Moore, St. Dominic
(d) St. Francis, St. Benedict.

3. What impression, according to the author, was essential to Muggeridge's project?
(a) That abortion is a sin.
(b) That God lives in the charitable.
(c) That Mother Teresa performed a miracle.
(d) That Calcutta is a hellhole.

4. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?
(a) Condemning her.
(b) Praising her.
(c) Grabbing her hem.
(d) Kissing her feet.

5. How many convents did Mother Teresa boast of operating?
(a) 105.
(b) Just over 350.
(c) More than 500.
(d) 714.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mother Teresa say in the documentary while holding a child in her arms?

2. In how many countries, "without counting India," did Mother Teresa operate convents?

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?

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

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

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