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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?
(a) a bird that has been taught to speak
(b) a rabbit that fears preditors
(c) a fish that is left out of water
(d) a cat that sleeps all the time

3. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?
(a) indifference
(b) perseverance
(c) more study on prayer
(d) heartborken sobs

4. From where does Teresa say consolations come?
(a) from publication of books
(b) from great sorrow
(c) from purely human endeavors
(d) from spiritual superiors

5. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?
(a) not to give meaning to feelings
(b) not to think much but to love much
(c) not to speak much but to listen more
(d) not to continue looking inward

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Teresa say happens in the Fourth Dwelling?

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

5. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?

(see the answer key)

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