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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?
(a) knowing oneself
(b) knowing the catechism
(c) knowing the Bible
(d) knowing the Beloved

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

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

4. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of St. Joseph
(b) a vision of prayer
(c) a vision of a winding road
(d) a vision of a castle

5. What does Teresa say happens in the Fourth Dwelling?
(a) the soul becomes lethargic
(b) the soul begins to experience the supernatural
(c) the problems grow exponentially
(d) the way forward becomes more difficult

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say about the servants of an earthly King?

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

3. What is the hope of the soul in the Third Dwelling?

4. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?

5. What does she say is inside the castle?

(see the answer key)

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