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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?
(a) her lack of a reference library
(b) her failing memory
(c) her accidentally stealing their words
(d) her need to appear scholarly

2. Where does Teresa say her words come from?
(a) the Beloved
(b) the Bible
(c) the visions she has
(d) the Saints

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

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

5. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?
(a) the dead
(b) lay people
(c) dragons and monsters
(d) vile, poisonous creatures

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?

3. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's

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

5. When was the book written?

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