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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 Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?
(a) knowing the Bible
(b) knowing the catechism
(c) knowing oneself
(d) knowing the Beloved

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

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

4. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?
(a) humility
(b) indoctrination
(c) moderation
(d) industry

5. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of a winding road
(b) a vision of prayer
(c) a vision of a castle
(d) a vision of St. Joseph

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what purpose does Teresa describe the crystal and the memory of the image of its beauty?

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?

4. What is the metaphor Teresa returns to in order to explain the feeling in the soul of ever-increasing anguish and unrest?

5. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?

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