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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul seeking to give life to the world
(b) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God
(c) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog
(d) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world

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

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

4. What does she say is at the center of the castle?
(a) the heart of the penitent
(b) the soul of the believer
(c) the dwelling place of God
(d) the answer to all prayers

5. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?
(a) the sense that the sould is right with God
(b) lasting peace if one does not progress beyond
(c) a feeling that one has arrived
(d) seemingly virtuous worldly alternatives

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?

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

3. What is the composition of the castle?

4. To whom is THE INNER CASTLE addressed?

5. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?

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