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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 prescribe instead of memorized prayers?
(a) prayers accompanied by the Rosary
(b) requests for specific needs
(c) written out prayers
(d) spoken prayer with self-examination

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

3. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?
(a) free of temptations
(b) more aware of the temptations
(c) unaware of temptations
(d) experimenting with temptations

4. What does Teresa say a person who prays must do?
(a) light candles to help the prayer ascend
(b) turn attention away from earthly treasures
(c) make confession before prayer
(d) lie prostrate on the ground

5. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's
(a) Toledo, Spain
(b) Madrid, Spain
(c) Valencia, Spain
(d) Barcelona, Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?

2. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?

3. When was the book written?

4. What simile does Teresa use to describe turning away from a life of prayer?

5. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?

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