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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does she say is not prayer at all?
(a) praying to God as though He were a servant
(b) always asking God for favors
(c) rambling on about mundane matters
(d) praying while standing up

2. After the Fifth Dwelling experience, what is the supplicant's new attitude?
(a) satisfied with herself and all she does
(b) superior to all others
(c) dissatisfied with every earthly pleasure
(d) ready to go out into the world again

3. What does she say is inside the castle?
(a) green fields and flowers
(b) rooms filled with busy people
(c) dwellings in every direction
(d) diamonds and jewels

4. What does she say is at the center of the castle?
(a) the soul of the believer
(b) the answer to all prayers
(c) the heart of the penitent
(d) the dwelling place of God

5. What does Teresa say she has never experienced?
(a) the lasting effects of forgetting to pray
(b) the after effects of spiritual revelation
(c) the mental effects of spiritual visions
(d) the physical effects of spiritual consolations

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?

2. What sets intellectual visions apart from all others?

3. What, according to Teresa, is the prerequisite for entering briefly into the Sixth Dwelling?

4. In her metaphor, how does Teresa explain dying to one's personal desires?

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

(see the answer key)

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