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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amount did Mother Teresa receive with her award from Prince Philip?
(a) £50,000
(b) £27,000
(c) £43,000
(d) £34,000

2. According to the book, how many years have passed since the deputy district attorney requested a reply from Mother Teresa?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. In chapter 2 of "Good Works and Heroic Virtues," the author argues that if a fertilized egg is "________, then all terminations of pregnancy at any stage and for any reason are to be regarded as murder."
(a) Human.
(b) Viable.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Implanted.

4. What did Mother Teresa give to Charles Keating in return for his generosity?
(a) A personalized crucifix.
(b) A PR campaign.
(c) A tour of her Calcutta institutions.
(d) A letter of gratitude.

5. What does the author propose in the Afterword will unite against any version of "secular humanist" enlightenment?
(a) All versions of race.
(b) All versions of Clergy.
(c) All versions of poverty.
(d) All versions of the faithful.

6. Who publicly represents the Christian fundamentalist cohort, founded by Pat Robertson?
(a) Edward Gibbon.
(b) Leo Strauss.
(c) Ralph Reed.
(d) John-Roger.

7. "It is often said, inside the Church and out of it, that there is something grotesque about lectures on _________ when delivered by those who have shunned it."
(a) The qualities of sterilization.
(b) Charity.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The sexual life.

8. In the Afterword, the author claims he has been rebuked for sneering at a woman who "gives those in the ______ a glimpse of the ______."
(a) Storm, clear.
(b) Cold, warm.
(c) Trenches, heavens.
(d) Gutter, stars.

9. When was Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1975.

10. In the Afterword, the author accuses a televangelist of reaching for the _______ of Mother Teresa.
(a) Gorgon's head.
(b) Challenge.
(c) Legend.
(d) Biography.

11. Where did Mother Teresa address a vast open-air mass in Ireland in 1992?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Knock.
(d) Dublin.

12. Who served Richard Nixon as a member of a commission to investigate the ill effects of pornography?
(a) Robert Maxwell.
(b) Paul Turley.
(c) Lance Ito.
(d) Charles Keating.

13. Which award did Mother Teresa receive in Washington D.C. in October 16, 1971?
(a) Good Samaritan award.
(b) Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) John F. Kennedy award.
(d) Templeton prize.

14. Which biblical prophet did the deputy district attorney quote in his letter to Mother Teresa?
(a) Moses.
(b) Zechariah.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Micah.

15. Which prominent Catholic writer has made the point that ranking contraception as a sin equivalent to abortion is cheapening the moral position on abortion?
(a) Malcolm Muggeridge.
(b) Charles Keating.
(c) Christopher Hitchens.
(d) Clare Booth Luce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is actually abortifacient in the fundamentalist definition of the term?

2. Who says, in the Afterword, that he began judging Mother Teresa's reputation by her actions and words rather than her actions and words by her reputation?

3. What was Mother Teresa's benefactor's sentence for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?

4. In an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say she could not do because of her vow to the poor?

5. Who does the author attribute this point to, "There should be philosophy and knowledge for the elect, religion and sentimentality for the masses?"

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