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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. What amount did Mother Teresa receive with her award from Prince Philip?

3. In what city did Mother Teresa accept the Good Samaritan award?

4. Where did Mother Teresa address a vast open-air mass in Ireland in 1992?

5. What does the author propose in the Afterword will unite against any version of "secular humanist" enlightenment?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Establish Malcolm Muggeridge's view of and affect on Mother Teresa's fame. Consider how much of his work attributes for the world's general perception of her. Describe how The Missionary Position differs from Malcolm Muggeridge's film and book on Mother Teresa.

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