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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What expression does Washington vernacular still contain in honor of the United State Senators who did an infamous con man favors while receiving vast campaign donations in the form of other people's money?
(a) Maxwell Seven.
(b) John-Roger Three.
(c) Fox four.
(d) Keating Five.

5. What did Mother Teresa give to Charles Keating in return for his generosity?
(a) A tour of her Calcutta institutions.
(b) A letter of gratitude.
(c) A PR campaign.
(d) A personalized crucifix.

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

7. 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) Religious schools.
(c) Sexual conduct enforced by celibates.
(d) Male hierarchy.

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

9. Where does the Catholic congregation appear to conduct its affairs without reference to canonical teaching on birth control?
(a) United States.
(b) Central America.
(c) Haiti.
(d) India.

10. 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?
(a) The homeless of Calcutta could be afforded permanent shelter.
(b) The Home for the Dying could have 24-hour doctor supervision.
(c) Calcutta could have a teaching hospital.
(d) The poor in Mother Teresa's homes could have several years' worth of rations.

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

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

13. Who does the first quote in the Afterword belong to?
(a) Leo Strauss.
(b) John-Roger.
(c) Ann Landers.
(d) Ralph Reed.

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

15. Who publicly represents the Christian fundamentalist cohort, founded by Pat Robertson?
(a) Ralph Reed.
(b) Edward Gibbon.
(c) John-Roger.
(d) Leo Strauss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mother Teresa's benefactor's sentence for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?

2. 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."

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. Who served Richard Nixon as a member of a commission to investigate the ill effects of pornography?

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

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