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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 she say is not prayer at all?
(a) rambling on about mundane matters
(b) always asking God for favors
(c) praying while standing up
(d) praying to God as though He were a servant

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

3. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?
(a) they will reverse the soul's progress
(b) they will dominate
(c) they will pass
(d) they will increase

4. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?
(a) They become blind in the drakness.
(b) They are eaten by the dragons.
(c) They become like the creatures out there.
(d) They have to fight for their lives.

5. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?
(a) hide them from public view
(b) equip them to handle the circumstance with dignity
(c) cast them away from His care
(d) make them examples to other people

Short Answer Questions

1. When is it good for the rich to desire more wealth?

2. What troubles Teresa as she is about to start writing?

3. From where does Teresa say consolations come?

4. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's

5. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

(see the answer key)

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