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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition does Teresa suggest a soul is in when it turns away from a life of prayer?
(a) in a state of grave error
(b) being outside not able to find the door
(c) in a world of confusion
(d) being free to examine itself

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

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

4. What simile does Teresa use to describe turning away from a life of prayer?
(a) like never washing out a drinking cup
(b) like throwing a shroud over a brightly shining jewel
(c) like putting out all the candles in a dark house
(d) like putting mud in a cake

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she say is inside the castle?

2. What is the composition of the castle?

3. What does she say is at the center of the castle?

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

5. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

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