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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what city did Mother Teresa accept the Good Samaritan award?
(a) Rome.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Boston.
(d) Calcutta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say she could not do because of her vow to the poor?

2. Where does the Catholic congregation appear to conduct its affairs without reference to canonical teaching on birth control?

3. What country has to seek an accommodation for its huge Protestant-majority province?

4. Who wrote the short story, "The Free Radio" in East, West?

5. 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?

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