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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. What symbolic animal appeared on the same publication as Mother Teresa's picture with Michele Duvalier?

2. What does the author believe the enormous weight of received opinion a critic of Mother Teresa has to operate against is made up of?

3. What quote from Lenin is used in the Introduction?

4. Who does the author quote that worked nine and a half years as a member of Mother Teresa's order?

5. In which two magazines did the author publish early polemics against Mother Teresa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain what the author believes the poorest of the poor are to Mother Teresa.

3. Describe the Christopher Hitchens' opinion of Calcutta.

4. What did Malcolm Muggeridge attribute Mother Teresa's use of his donation to?

5. What is contradictory about the Haitian publication known as L'Assaut?

6. How are Mother Teresa's patients in the Home for the Dying treated?

7. What is odd about the photograph of Mother Teresa with John-Roger?

8. What was Mother Teresa's purpose in writing to Judge Lance Ito?

9. How can the conditions in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying be explained?

10. What obscures the amount of money Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity possess?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain what Mother Teresa's associations with the unscrupulous people mentioned in the book reveals about her. Should she have been, or was she aware of their shortcomings? Describe any motivations behind her associations with these people.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Mother Teresa's use of donation funds. Determine if there is more evidence of proper use, or misuse. Determine what constitutes misuse. Explain how Mother Teresa justifies her use of funds. Describe how her use of funds aids the poor.

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