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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A picture of Mother Teresa beside Michele Duvalier appeared in which Haitian publication?
(a) Signo Vinces.
(b) Claudisme.
(c) Concretes et Tangibles.
(d) L'Assaut.

2. Ms. Victoria Gillick was a ________ that accused the author's documentary of being a "Jewish/Muslim conspiracy against the One True Faith."
(a) Morals campaigner.
(b) Lawyer for the Vatican.
(c) Critic.
(d) Catholic Politician.

3. ________ is the name of the author's Channel Four documentary that aired in Britain in the autumn of 1994.
(a) Hostage to History.
(b) When Borders Bleed.
(c) Hell's Angel.
(d) Blaming the Victims.

4. Who did the doctor say in a 1994 Lancet article, made most of the decisions for the patients in Mother Teresa's Calcutta establishments?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Mother Teresa.

5. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?
(a) Praising her.
(b) Condemning her.
(c) Kissing her feet.
(d) Grabbing her hem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Bangladesah war in 1971 and the sectarian brushfires in Assam responsible for?

2. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?

3. What is the name of Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel?

4. When asked about India, what did Mother Teresa say there could never be enough of?

5. In how many countries, "without counting India," did Mother Teresa operate convents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the conditions in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying be explained?

2. Why does the author dislike Mother Teresa's campaign for the Church's procreation policies?

3. In the introduction, what does the author think happens to one's view of Mother Teresa when her life is looked at without awe or reverence?

4. What is contradicting about Mother Teresa's policy about taking patients to hospitals?

5. Upon returning to Albania in 1990, what did Mother Teresa do?

6. Describe the Christopher Hitchens' opinion of Calcutta.

7. Describe the affectation, well known to missionary fund-raisers, that the author accuses Mother Teresa of using, in "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," Chapter 3.

8. What changes did Albania experience in "Ubiquity," Chapter 1?

9. Describe Malcolm Muggeridge's role in Mother Teresa's fame.

10. How are Mother Teresa's patients in the Home for the Dying treated?

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