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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Ann Lander's comment quoting Mother Teresa as saying, "They should smile more," sent from?
(a) Prince George, British Columbia.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Clarksville, Tennessee.

2. What was Mother Teresa's benefactor's sentence for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?
(a) Ten years in prison.
(b) Fifteen years in prison.
(c) Five years in prison.
(d) Twenty years in prison.

3. In the Afterword, the author accuses a televangelist of reaching for the _______ of Mother Teresa.
(a) Challenge.
(b) Biography.
(c) Legend.
(d) Gorgon's head.

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

5. Which words will have no literal meaning in the future of the People's Republic of China, according to Chapter 2 of "Good Works and Heroic Virtues?"
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Aunt, uncle, cousin.
(c) God and church.
(d) Son and daughter.

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

7. Who, according to the second chapter of "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," are the Catholic Church's official dogmas mainly derived from?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Jesus.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Jude.

8. What connection to population growth does one not need be a follower of Reverend Malthus to deduce?
(a) Persistence of disease.
(b) War.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Apostasy.

9. What does the author propose in the Afterword will unite against any version of "secular humanist" enlightenment?
(a) All versions of poverty.
(b) All versions of Clergy.
(c) All versions of race.
(d) All versions of the faithful.

10. 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) Malcolm Muggeridge.
(b) Dr. Lush Gjergji.
(c) William Jay Jacobs.
(d) Edward Le Jolly.

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

12. Who served Richard Nixon as a member of a commission to investigate the ill effects of pornography?
(a) Charles Keating.
(b) Lance Ito.
(c) Robert Maxwell.
(d) Paul Turley.

13. What Catholic occurrence is credited with causing the "fertile soil for innumerable reflections," such as: Confessions of St. Augustine and Mary McCarthy's Memoirs of a Catholic Girlhood?
(a) Religious schools.
(b) Male hierarchy.
(c) Charity contingent on the poor's suffering.
(d) Sexual conduct enforced by celibates.

14. What prize did Prince Philip award to Mother Teresa in 1973?
(a) Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) Good Samaritan award.
(c) Templeton prize.
(d) Winston Churchill award.

15. Which of Mother Teresa's benefactors was convicted for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?
(a) Robert Maxwell.
(b) John-Roger.
(c) Charles Keating.
(d) Robin Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Catholic Church attempt to do in states where it is strong enough?

2. "It is often said, inside the Church and out of it, that there is something grotesque about lectures on _________ when delivered by those who have shunned it."

3. In the Afterword, who is mentioned as having observed that the prevalent modes of worship in the Roman world were "considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful?"

4. 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?

5. What amount did Mother Teresa receive with her award from Prince Philip?

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