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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Teresa describe the silk worm nature of the pending change in the supplicant?
(a) moving into beauty and intimate service
(b) facing the anxiety of the unknown
(c) going through the pain of dying and resurrection
(d) spinning tightly into a silk cacoon

2. How does Teresa say God views the potential bride?
(a) how sexually appealing she is
(b) how capable she is of bearing children
(c) how willingly and completely she is offering herself to Him
(d) how beautiful she is

3. If a voice she hears causes her to linger in worship and increases her devotion, what conclusion does Teresa draw?
(a) it was not something heard, after all
(b) it is an echo of her thoughts
(c) it it divine
(d) it is a passed trial of distraction

4. Does Teresa say that hearing voices is always a negative sign?
(a) Yes, they mean one is not in the Sixth Dwelling.
(b) No, they may just be memories.
(c) Yes, people who hear them are unbalanced.
(d) No, at times they are used by God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?

2. From where does Teresa say consolations come?

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

4. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?

5. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?

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