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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. "The photographs of _________ are a testament to the vitality of the people, as well as to the beauty and variety of the architecture."
2. What quote from Lenin is used in the Introduction?
3. When asked about India, what did Mother Teresa say there could never be enough of?
4. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?
5. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?
Short Essay Questions
1. What obscures the amount of money Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity possess?
2. What was Mother Teresa's purpose in writing to Judge Lance Ito?
3. Describe Malcolm Muggeridge's role in Mother Teresa's fame.
4. What was Mother Teresa's relationship with Charles Keating?
5. What does the author mean by this quote from the Introduction, "If the baffled and fearful prehistory of our species ever comes to an end, and if we ever get off of our knees and cull those blooms, there will be no need for smoking altars and forbidding temples with which to honour the freethinking humanists, who scorned to use the fear of death to coerce and flatter the poor."
6. Why does the author write that the name of Mother Teresa's facility, "The Gift of Love," is tactfully named?
7. What is upsetting about Mother Teresa's visit with Michele Duvalier?
8. How was the Catholic Church in Haiti at odds with the Vatican?
9. How does the author explain the anti-Catholic Christian Coalition's alignment with Mother Teresa?
10. What is the Church's attitude and policies about procreation?
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
Examine Mother Teresa's use of donation funds. Determine if there is more evidence of proper use, or misuse. Determine what constitutes misuse. Explain how Mother Teresa justifies her use of funds. Describe how her use of funds aids the poor.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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