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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 prescribe instead of memorized prayers?
(a) requests for specific needs
(b) written out prayers
(c) spoken prayer with self-examination
(d) prayers accompanied by the Rosary

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

3. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?
(a) when the words of prayer simply will not come
(b) when proceeding faithfully is more work than gratification
(c) when the supplicant forgets to drink water
(d) when the time for prayer feels like a drudgery

4. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?
(a) They open the door to God.
(b) They come from a spirit of evil.
(c) They make up for other failings.
(d) They are useful to other people.

5. 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 no one will understand what she says
(c) that she has already said everything in other books
(d) that there is too much information for only one book

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does she say is at the center of the castle?

3. What happens to good deeds when they are done in harmony with the love of Christ?

4. What does she say is not prayer at all?

5. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?

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