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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) Leo Strauss.
(d) Ralph Reed.

2. Which award, worth a quarter of a million lire, was presented to Mother Teresa in 1979 by the president of Italy?
(a) Templeton award.
(b) Good Samaritan award.
(c) The International Balzan Prize.
(d) Nobel Peace Prize.

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

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

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

6. 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 Clergy.
(d) All versions of poverty.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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) Fox four.
(b) John-Roger Three.
(c) Maxwell Seven.
(d) Keating Five.

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

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

14. 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) Cold, warm.
(b) Gutter, stars.
(c) Trenches, heavens.
(d) Storm, clear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who maintained that "ensoulment" was the point in which a life becomes human and mortal?

2. Chapter 2 in "Good Works and Heroic Virtues" the author contends that a clear correlation can be found between the limitation of family _____ and the life chances of the family members.

3. 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?

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

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

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