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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are these Fourth Dwelling places deeper and more and more beautiful?
(a) because they are not internal
(b) because they are more expensive
(c) because they require more maintenance
(d) because they are nearer to the King

2. From where does Teresa say consolations come?
(a) from purely human endeavors
(b) from spiritual superiors
(c) from great sorrow
(d) from publication of books

3. With whom does Teresa find comfort during this time?
(a) her confessor who understands fully
(b) children who come for advice
(c) sisters who are experiencing the Sixth Dwelling themselves
(d) sisters who make allowances for her behavior

4. Who may, according to Teresa, cause doubt and turning away from her experience as soon as she is out of the throes of it?
(a) inept and paranoid spiritual advisors
(b) people who come with too many earthly problems
(c) sisters who know more than she does
(d) the harsh realities of day to day living

5. As intimacy grows deeper, how are experiences of God measured?
(a) as sudden insights through study
(b) as mile markers on the way to heaven
(c) as trials that are overcome
(d) as less quantifiable and much more other-worldly

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa classify as intellectual visions?

2. What comes to her as she recognizes her ever increasing responsibility and passion to be of service to a God?

3. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?

4. What does Teresa say some observing her behavior may assume?

5. What knowledge does Teresa say is the cause of intellectual visions?

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