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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?
(a) they will pass
(b) they will reverse the soul's progress
(c) they will increase
(d) they will dominate

2. What does Teresa say may happen to someone in the sixth Dwelling?
(a) hearing voices
(b) seeing darkness
(c) fainting spells
(d) feeling cold

3. What is Teresa's spiritual marriage analogy?
(a) God as the pastor and the worshipper as the betrothed
(b) God as the groom and the worshipper as the bride
(c) God as the host and the worshipper as the guest
(d) God as the judge and the worshipper as the petitioner

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What remains in the mind about the reality and sacredness of such a foreign experience in the Fifth Dwelling?

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

4. How does Teresa describe the silk worm nature of the pending change in the supplicant?

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

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