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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teresa return to the analogy of the butterfly as she discusses the effects of her marriage?
(a) to explain how she comes to rest
(b) to explain how she got there
(c) to explain how she is dressed
(d) to explain she has now died of happiness

2. What is the Beloved doing as she enters the Seventh Dwelling?
(a) He is preparing for her physical death.
(b) He is organizing a feast of the saints.
(c) He is preparing to take her into His chamber to consummate their love.
(d) He is dressing for the occasion.

3. What sets intellectual visions apart from all others?
(a) knowledge of the constant companionship of God
(b) knowledge of the service required of one
(c) knowledge of good and evil
(d) knowledge of the Scriptures

4. In that rapture, what does Teresa say she is allowed to do?
(a) feel a spiritual orgasm
(b) observe the final, most intimate dwelling for just a moment
(c) know what it feels like to die physically
(d) glimpse into the mind of the Beloved

5. How do imaginative visions embed themselves into the soul?
(a) as clear images that cannot be forgotten
(b) more as impressions than crisp memories
(c) as fleeting images that return from time to time
(d) as metaphors of all that the visions reveal

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are these Fourth Dwelling places deeper and more and more beautiful?

2. What does Teresa recognize is the only thing that can pull her from her God?

3. Why does Teresa stress that the most important thing is to bind one's will to the will of God instead of seeking some particular blessing?

4. How does Teresa describe the ember in the soul--some thought that spreads its flame through the entire soul?

5. What does Teresa say is important in the early stages of being a butterfly in the Fifth Dwelling?

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