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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teresa insist she should not be pitied?
(a) because pity should be given to the poor and outcasts
(b) because she has the infinity of the strength of God to buoy her
(c) because she knows God will find a way for her to teach others
(d) because it would insult God

2. How does Teresa describe the feeling of unrest in the soul?
(a) pain like a flaming arrow piercing the body
(b) confusion like being lost in the woods
(c) emptiness like a spilled glass
(d) hunger like after a forty day fast

3. Who may, according to Teresa, cause doubt and turning away from her experience as soon as she is out of the throes of it?
(a) sisters who know more than she does
(b) inept and paranoid spiritual advisors
(c) the harsh realities of day to day living
(d) people who come with too many earthly problems

4. What becomes Teresa's fondest desire to do?
(a) write many more books
(b) weed out the unbelieving sisters in the convent
(c) to go deep into the world and inspire other souls to praise Him
(d) start a hospital for the poor

5. What does Teresa say intensifies the pain?
(a) pride
(b) self knowledge
(c) God's condemnation
(d) doubt

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Teresa compare one's faith?

2. What does she say is not prayer at all?

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

4. What is the composition of the castle?

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

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