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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. Mother Teresa once told a terminal cancer patient, "You are suffering like Christ on the cross. So Jesus must be ______ you."

2. According to the 1994 Lancet article, diagnostic investigations were seldom permissible because Mother Teresa preferred ________ to planning.

3. What question are sisters from the Missionaries of Charity supposed to ask a dying individual before secretly baptizing them?

4. What did Malcolm Muggeridge claim registered on a photographic film?

5. Who did the doctor say in a 1994 Lancet article, made most of the decisions for the patients in Mother Teresa's Calcutta establishments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the vow the Missionaries of Charity take as it is quoted from Mother Teresa in "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," Chapter 3.

2. Describe Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Mother Teresa's institution in New Dehli.

3. What do Mother Teresa's appearances described in "Ubiquity," Chapter 2 have in common?

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

5. How was the Catholic Church in Haiti at odds with the Vatican?

6. What happened to the author as a result of the release of his documentary, Hell's Angel?

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

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

9. What is the premise for the Catholic Church's missionary work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the title and its applicability to the text. Explain why the title is appropriate for the book. Describe literal and ironic examples of how the title applies to Mother Teresa. Determine if the title gives expectations that are met in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the impact Roman Catholicism had on Mother Teresa's life. Decide how many of her qualities can be attributed to her Catholicism. Consider the following questions:

a) How much of Mother Teresa is unique?

b) How much of Mother Teresa is molded from the church?

c) Does she appear to have a sense of self?

d) If the Church were to create the perfect nun, how different would it be from Mother Teresa?

e) Did Mother Teresa's devotion to the church create or destroy her?

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