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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2 in "Good Works and Heroic Virtues" the author contends that a clear correlation can be found between the limitation of family _____ and the life chances of the family members.

2. Where does the Catholic congregation appear to conduct its affairs without reference to canonical teaching on birth control?

3. According to the book, how many years have passed since the deputy district attorney requested a reply from Mother Teresa?

4. 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?

5. Who, according to the second chapter of "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," are the Catholic Church's official dogmas mainly derived from?

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

Establish the author's reasons for writing this book. Decide if it is our duty to look closely at Mother Teresa and people like her. Describe how the author's concerns about Mother Teresa are or are not validated in the book

Essay Topic 3

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.

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