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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is THE INNER CASTLE addressed?
(a) all women
(b) church me to help them underrstand women
(c) sisters at Mr. Carmel convent
(d) the Beloved

2. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?
(a) her obedience to her confessor
(b) her last chance to write a book
(c) her need to share her experience with the world
(d) her need to keep busy at her age

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

4. When was the book written?
(a) 1577 A .D.
(b) 1776 A. D.
(c) 1493 A. D.
(d) 1665 A. D.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?

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

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

5. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?

(see the answer key)

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