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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Catholicism, 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) Rely on prayer to save them.
(d) Sacrifice the child's life for her own.

2. In an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say she could not do because of her vow to the poor?
(a) Ease their financial burden.
(b) Beg.
(c) Preach.
(d) Work for the rich.

3. What did Mother Teresa wear when the Vatican awarded her the John XXIII Prize for Peace in 1971?
(a) A medical armband.
(b) A rosary of wooden beads.
(c) Her traditional nun's habit.
(d) An Indian sari.

4. 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?
(a) The Missionaries of Charity.
(b) MSIA.
(c) The United States presidency.
(d) The Vatican.

5. 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) Worship.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Size.

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

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

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

9. How much did Charles Keating donate to Mother Teresa?
(a) Two million dollars.
(b) Three quarters of a million dollars.
(c) One and a quarter million dollars.
(d) One million dollars.

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) Poverty.
(c) The qualities of sterilization.
(d) Charity.

11. Which groups, does the author mention, have petitioned for the right to be considered true Catholics?
(a) Communist.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Sexual offender.
(d) Abortionist.

12. What is actually abortifacient in the fundamentalist definition of the term?
(a) Alchoholism in pregnant women.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Child neglect.
(d) Intrauterine contraception.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many orphans did Mother Teresa rescue from the Bangladesh calamity?

2. 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?"

3. What did Mother Teresa give to Charles Keating in return for his generosity?

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

5. Who scammed Mother Teresa and many others in a fund-raising scheme run by his newspaper group?

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