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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 2 of "Good Works and Heroic Virtues," the author argues that if a fertilized egg is "________, then all terminations of pregnancy at any stage and for any reason are to be regarded as murder."
(a) Healthy.
(b) Human.
(c) Viable.
(d) Implanted.

2. Who maintained that "ensoulment" was the point in which a life becomes human and mortal?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Mother Teresa.
(d) Indira Gandhi.

3. Who scammed Mother Teresa and many others in a fund-raising scheme run by his newspaper group?
(a) Robin Fox.
(b) John-Roger.
(c) Robert Maxwell.
(d) Charles Keating.

4. What were the $50,000 rupees Sister Frances of Agra asked Mother Teresa for?
(a) A house for children.
(b) A house for homeless.
(c) A house for AIDS patients.
(d) A house for Malaria patients.

5. Which author wrote of how Mother Teresa unexpectedly received an amount of money on the same day that it was needed in a biography?
(a) Dr. Lush Gjergji.
(b) Malcolm Muggeridge.
(c) William Jay Jacobs.
(d) Edward Le Jolly.

6. How many orphans did Mother Teresa rescue from the Bangladesh calamity?
(a) Just under 100.
(b) 28-35.
(c) 3-4 dozen.
(d) 4-5 dozen.

7. What was the name of the first prize the Indian government awarded to Mother Teresa?
(a) International Balzan Prize.
(b) The Ceres award.
(c) Magsaysay Prize.
(d) Prize of the Miraculous Lotus.

8. Which biblical prophet did the deputy district attorney quote in his letter to Mother Teresa?
(a) Moses.
(b) Malachi.
(c) Zechariah.
(d) Micah.

9. What does the Catholic Church attempt to do in states where it is strong enough?
(a) Veto political candidates.
(b) Enforce doctrine.
(c) Make laws for believers and nonbelievers.
(d) Further its missionary programs.

10. Who was the deputy district attorney who wrote a letter to Mother Teresa?
(a) Charles Keating.
(b) Robert Maxwell.
(c) Paul Turley.
(d) Lance Ito.

11. 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?
(a) The Missionaries of Charity.
(b) The United States presidency.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) MSIA.

12. When awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, what reason did Mother Teresa give to explain why many young people in the West were on drugs?
(a) They have little understanding of real work.
(b) There isn't enough charity.
(c) Their families don't care for them.
(d) They are not close enough to God.

13. What prize from the Phillippines government did Mother Teresa win along with a much needed $50,000 rupees?
(a) International Balzan Prize.
(b) The Ceres Award.
(c) Prize of the Miraculous Lotus.
(d) Magsaysay Prize.

14. In Judaism, what is a woman experiencing danger in childbirth supposed to do?
(a) Rely on prayer to save them.
(b) Sacrifice her life for the child's.
(c) Sacrifice the child's life for her own.
(d) Rely on a physician's abilities.

15. According to the book, how many years have passed since the deputy district attorney requested a reply from Mother Teresa?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Mother Teresa accept the Good Samaritan award?

2. Which prominent Catholic writer has made the point that ranking contraception as a sin equivalent to abortion is cheapening the moral position on abortion?

3. Who aided Mother Teresa in her strenuous appeals to the victims of rape in Bangladesh and Bosnia to not the abort the resulting pregnancies?

4. Whose methods of deception were "false prospectus" and "political bribe"?

5. Where did Mother Teresa address a vast open-air mass in Ireland in 1992?

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