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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. When asked about India, what did Mother Teresa say there could never be enough of?

2. What was the nun's name that gave the author a guided tour of Mother Teresa's Calcutta mission?

3. What are the homeless men from Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel not allowed to do?

4. What did Mother Teresa say in the documentary while holding a child in her arms?

5. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise for the Catholic Church's missionary work?

2. How does the author explain the anti-Catholic Christian Coalition's alignment with Mother Teresa?

3. What was Christopher Hitchens' impression of Mother Teresa when he met her in person?

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

5. What was Mother Teresa's involvement in a Nicaraguan conflict?

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

7. Describe Emily Lewis' eyewitness account of Mother Teresa at a function in Washington D.C.

8. What were the results of the Christian "civilizing mission" as described in "Ubiquity," Chapter 1?

9. How did Mother Teresa's appearance in Bhopal after the Bhopal chemical spill appear political?

10. Why does the author write that the name of Mother Teresa's facility, "The Gift of Love," is tactfully named?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Mother Teresa is quoted as saying "...we cannot work for the rich; neither can we accept any money for what we do. Ours has to be a free service, and to the poor." Describe how Mother Teresa is, or is not true to her claim. Consider if Mother Teresa ever appears to be serving the rich, or soliciting money.

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