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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which award did Mother Teresa receive in Washington D.C. in October 16, 1971?
(a) Templeton prize.
(b) Good Samaritan award.
(c) Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) John F. Kennedy award.

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

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

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

5. Which prominent Catholic writer has made the point that ranking contraception as a sin equivalent to abortion is cheapening the moral position on abortion?
(a) Malcolm Muggeridge.
(b) Christopher Hitchens.
(c) Clare Booth Luce.
(d) Charles Keating.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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.
(a) Income.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Size.
(d) Worship.

13. Who aided Mother Teresa in her strenuous appeals to the victims of rape in Bangladesh and Bosnia to not the abort the resulting pregnancies?
(a) The Pope.
(b) MSIA.
(c) Enver Hoxha.
(d) Indira Gandhi.

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

15. 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 Malaria patients.
(d) A house for AIDS patients.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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