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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who maintained that "ensoulment" was the point in which a life becomes human and mortal?
2. Which groups, does the author mention, have petitioned for the right to be considered true Catholics?
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?"
4. How much did Charles Keating donate to Mother Teresa?
5. What Catholic occurrence is credited with causing the "fertile soil for innumerable reflections," such as: Confessions of St. Augustine and Mary McCarthy's Memoirs of a Catholic Girlhood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what contradictions are present in Mother Teresa's life and how, or if they reflect on her. Consider how Mother Teresa's fundamentalism was or was not a hindrance to the countries in her aid. Decide whether the contradictions in Mother Teresa's life had any bearing on her effect on these countries.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the author's use of irony in the book. Refer to examples of content that show the ironic meaning of section titles. Describe what affect irony has on the content and genre.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Mother Teresa's claim of being apolitical. Describe the political aspects of Mother Teresa's life, and her involvement in them. Explain what motivations Mother Teresa might have had for getting, or not getting involved in politics. Determine how much of her life's work was political.
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