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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?
(a) humility
(b) industry
(c) indoctrination
(d) moderation

2. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?
(a) lay people
(b) vile, poisonous creatures
(c) dragons and monsters
(d) the dead

3. In the early chambers of the Fifth Dwelling, what must the supplicant do?
(a) test the spirits to see if the experience is good and godly
(b) keep both feet on the floor
(c) look around to remember where one is
(d) prepare to believe everything experienced

4. What does she say is not prayer at all?
(a) always asking God for favors
(b) rambling on about mundane matters
(c) praying to God as though He were a servant
(d) praying while standing up

5. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of prayer
(b) a vision of a castle
(c) a vision of St. Joseph
(d) a vision of a winding road

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the book written?

2. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?

3. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?

4. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?

5. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

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