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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Ralph Reed.
(b) Edward Gibbon.
(c) Leo Strauss.
(d) Christopher Hitchens.

3. Which group awarded Mother Teresa with a medallion inscribed with, "Food For All: Holy Year 1975"?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) The United States government.
(c) The Indian government.
(d) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

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

5. 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) Gutter, stars.
(c) Cold, warm.
(d) Storm, clear.

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

7. 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) Implanted.
(b) Human.
(c) Viable.
(d) Healthy.

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

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

10. 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) Rely on a physician's abilities.
(d) Sacrifice her life for the child's.

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

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

13. Who says, in the Afterword, that he began judging Mother Teresa's reputation by her actions and words rather than her actions and words by her reputation?
(a) Lush Gjergji.
(b) Charlie Rose.
(c) Christopher Hitchens.
(d) Ralph Reed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the first quote in the Afterword belong to?

3. 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?

4. 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?"

5. "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."

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