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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 inhabits the outside of the castle?
(a) the dead
(b) lay people
(c) vile, poisonous creatures
(d) dragons and monsters

2. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?
(a) a rabbit that fears preditors
(b) a bird that has been taught to speak
(c) a cat that sleeps all the time
(d) a fish that is left out of water

3. What troubles Teresa as she is about to start writing?
(a) problems relating to the other sisters
(b) serious health problems
(c) lack of ideas about where to start
(d) visions of her death

4. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?
(a) as mindless
(b) as fruitful
(c) as time consuming
(d) as childish

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is THE INNER CASTLE addressed?

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

3. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?

4. Why is Teresa the one ordered to write the book on prayer for women?

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

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