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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?"
(a) Christopher Hitchens.
(b) Edward Gibbon.
(c) Ralph Reed.
(d) Leo Strauss.

2. 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) Charity contingent on the poor's suffering.
(b) Sexual conduct enforced by celibates.
(c) Religious schools.
(d) Male hierarchy.

3. 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.

4. 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 States government.
(d) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

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

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

7. 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) There isn't enough charity.
(b) Their families don't care for them.
(c) They have little understanding of real work.
(d) They are not close enough to God.

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

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

10. "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."
(a) The sexual life.
(b) The qualities of sterilization.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Charity.

11. Whose methods of deception were "false prospectus" and "political bribe"?
(a) Robin Fox.
(b) John-Roger.
(c) Charles Keating.
(d) Robert Maxwell.

12. If faced with a choice between Galileo and the authority of the Inquisition, who would Mother Teresa side with?
(a) God.
(b) The poor.
(c) Church Authorities.
(d) Galileo.

13. In the Afterword, the author claims he has been rebuked for sneering at a woman who "gives those in the ______ a glimpse of the ______."
(a) Trenches, heavens.
(b) Storm, clear.
(c) Gutter, stars.
(d) Cold, warm.

14. What amount did Mother Teresa receive with her award from Prince Philip?
(a) £50,000
(b) £27,000
(c) £34,000
(d) £43,000

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Catholic congregation appear to conduct its affairs without reference to canonical teaching on birth control?

2. According to the book, how many years have passed since the deputy district attorney requested a reply from Mother Teresa?

3. Which author wrote of how Mother Teresa unexpectedly received an amount of money on the same day that it was needed in a biography?

4. Which groups, does the author mention, have petitioned for the right to be considered true Catholics?

5. Which award, worth a quarter of a million lire, was presented to Mother Teresa in 1979 by the president of Italy?

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