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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Malcolm Muggeridge write that the supernatural is an infinite projection of?
(a) God's presence.
(b) Our subconscious.
(c) The natural.
(d) Religious truths.

2. "The photographs of _________ are a testament to the vitality of the people, as well as to the beauty and variety of the architecture."
(a) The Vatican.
(b) The offices of the Missionaries of Charity.
(c) Raghubir Singh.
(d) Nirmal Hriday.

3. What did Mother Teresa say to the author about her orphanage?
(a) This is He and not I.
(b) There can never be enough.
(c) This is how we fight abortion and contraception.
(d) This is where everyone is wanted.

4. During an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say our works were an expression of?
(a) Our own spiritual poverty.
(b) Our devotion to the poor.
(c) Our love for Christ.
(d) Our moral integrity.

5. 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) Illusion.
(b) Fundamentalist deceptions.
(c) Scripture.
(d) Wishful thinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which category of patients is Ms. Elgy Gillespie, author, journalist and sometime editor of The San Francisco Review of books, experienced in caring for?

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

4. What place in Washington D.C. caught Mother Teresa's attention during her visit in October 1981?

5. What impression, according to the author, was essential to Muggeridge's project?

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