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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John-Roger give to Mother Teresa?

2. What place in Washington D.C. caught Mother Teresa's attention during her visit in October 1981?

3. The author of the 1994 Lancet article was disturbed to learn Mother Teresa's clinic uses no strong ________.

4. What impression, according to the author, was essential to Muggeridge's project?

5. What is fake in Mother Teresa's picture with John-Roger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author explain the anti-Catholic Christian Coalition's alignment with Mother Teresa?

2. How did Mother Teresa's appearance in Bhopal after the Bhopal chemical spill appear political?

3. Describe the Church's policies on procreation in light of an overpopulated world.

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

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

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

7. In the Introduction, what does the author conclude the picture of Mother Teresa with Michele Duvalier announces about Mother Teresa?

8. What does Mother Teresa's reaction to the deputy district attorney's letter reveal about her character?

9. 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?

10. Describe the Christopher Hitchens' opinion of Calcutta.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mother Teresa's stance on procreation. Determine whether or not the impact of her stance is diminished by her status as an elderly virgin, whether or not her solution to abortion is a solution, and whether her stance is harmful or helpful. Consider Mother Teresa's reasons to reconsider her stance, and why she did not.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Mother Teresa's associations with the unscrupulous people mentioned in the book reveals about her. Should she have been, or was she aware of their shortcomings? Describe any motivations behind her associations with these people.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the author's stance on religion and how it is apparent in the book. Consider how his stance affects the validity of his book and explains his purpose for writing it. Establish the degree of his bias over the content.

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