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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Mother Teresa's benefactor's sentence for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?
(a) Five years in prison.
(b) Ten years in prison.
(c) Twenty years in prison.
(d) Fifteen years in prison.

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

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

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

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

7. What country has to seek an accommodation for its huge Protestant-majority province?
(a) India.
(b) Albania.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Ireland.

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

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

10. 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.

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 was the name of the first prize the Indian government awarded to Mother Teresa?
(a) Magsaysay Prize.
(b) International Balzan Prize.
(c) The Ceres award.
(d) Prize of the Miraculous Lotus.

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) Christopher Hitchens.
(c) Ralph Reed.
(d) Charlie Rose.

14. 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) Christopher Hitchens.
(b) Clare Booth Luce.
(c) Charles Keating.
(d) Malcolm Muggeridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Afterword, the author accuses a televangelist of reaching for the _______ of Mother Teresa.

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

3. Who was the deputy district attorney who wrote a letter to Mother Teresa?

4. According to the book, how many years have passed since the deputy district attorney requested a reply from Mother Teresa?

5. Which award, worth a quarter of a million lire, was presented to Mother Teresa in 1979 by the president of Italy?

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