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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. Who said that Christianity is a religion for slaves?
2. Who was the volunteer in Calcutta that wrote, "but this kid is fifteen," about a boy with a simple kidney complaint in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying?
3. Who was the president of Haiti when Mother Teresa's picture with Michele Duvalier was taken?
4. When asked about India, what did Mother Teresa say there could never be enough of?
5. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Church's policies on procreation in light of an overpopulated world.
2. Why does the author dislike Mother Teresa's campaign for the Church's procreation policies?
3. What was surprising about what Mother Teresa used Malcolm Muggeridge's donation for?
4. What is contradictory about the Haitian publication known as L'Assaut?
5. What did Malcolm Muggeridge attribute Mother Teresa's use of his donation to?
6. Describe Malcolm Muggeridge's role in Mother Teresa's fame.
7. How does the author define intellectual snobbery?
8. What is contradicting about Mother Teresa's policy about taking patients to hospitals?
9. Upon returning to Albania in 1990, what did Mother Teresa do?
10. Describe the vow the Missionaries of Charity take as it is quoted from Mother Teresa in "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," Chapter 3.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Separate the severity of Mother Teresa's shortcomings from the severity of the author's bias. Use specific examples to determine if the book is based mostly in fact or bias.
Essay Topic 2
The author categorizes his work as a polemic. Describe how the book fits in the polemic genre. Explain if the book is an effective polemic, or if it is lacking. Explain if Mother Teresa makes a difficult subject for a polemic, or a perfect one.
Essay Topic 3
Describe what impact Mother Teresa's childhood in Albania had on the rest of her life. Did she have loyalties to Albania? Did any loyalties clash with her beliefs or life's work? How is Mother Teresa's upbringing apparent in her fully developed character? What qualities did Mother Teresa have in common with Albania's government?
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