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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?
(a) They bring recognition from God.
(b) They are the only way to do good.
(c) They help the person find humility.
(d) They yield no lasting good.

2. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?
(a) putting on shows of miracle working
(b) becoming smug in one's relationship to God
(c) performing good deeds without love
(d) putting on a show of one's spirituality with esoteric jargon

3. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?
(a) when the words of prayer simply will not come
(b) when the time for prayer feels like a drudgery
(c) when proceeding faithfully is more work than gratification
(d) when the supplicant forgets to drink water

4. When was the book written?
(a) 1665 A. D.
(b) 1776 A. D.
(c) 1577 A .D.
(d) 1493 A. D.

5. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?
(a) as a lotus in a pond
(b) as better than other people
(c) as unworthy of divine help
(d) as only of value to other people

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she say is inside the castle?

2. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?

3. How does she refer to God?

4. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?

5. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?

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