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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 the composition of the castle?
(a) brick and mortor
(b) diamond or some clear crystal
(c) solid, carved stone
(d) cedars from Lebanon

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

3. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?
(a) that she cannot write what she does not know
(b) that she has already said everything in other books
(c) that there is too much information for only one book
(d) that no one will understand what she says

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

5. What does Teresa say the condition of the soul is in the First Dwelling?
(a) only just beginning to learn to pray
(b) confused by being in a strange place
(c) like that of a small child
(d) looking for the way back outside

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does she say is inside the castle?

5. What condition does Teresa suggest a soul is in when it turns away from a life of prayer?

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