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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 say the confirmation of the Prayer of Union is not determined?
(a) not the ability to recall past misdeeds
(b) not the confirmation of what she calls half-learned men
(c) not the empty feeling when one leaves
(d) not the confirmation of witnesses

2. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?
(a) a feeling that one has arrived
(b) seemingly virtuous worldly alternatives
(c) the sense that the sould is right with God
(d) lasting peace if one does not progress beyond

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a sister do when entering into the Fifth Dwelling?

2. As intimacy grows deeper, how are experiences of God measured?

3. What does Teresa say the condition of the soul is in the First Dwelling?

4. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?

5. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

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