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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?
(a) indifference
(b) heartborken sobs
(c) more study on prayer
(d) perseverance

2. What does Teresa say the condition of the soul is in the First Dwelling?
(a) confused by being in a strange place
(b) looking for the way back outside
(c) like that of a small child
(d) only just beginning to learn to pray

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

4. What is the condition Teresa describes in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) removed from her senses and reason
(b) physical elevation
(c) great longing
(d) translocation

5. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?
(a) a soul who has no physical desires
(b) a soul who has new whte raiment
(c) a soul who sees the worth of her Lord
(d) a soul who seeks protection

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Teresa, what is the condition when voices are heard?

2. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?

3. What does Teresa say may happen to someone in the sixth Dwelling?

4. What sign does the bride give that she is ready for union with God?

5. In the early chambers of the Fifth Dwelling, what must the supplicant do?

(see the answer key)

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