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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?
(a) that she has already said everything in other books
(b) that no one will understand what she says
(c) that there is too much information for only one book
(d) that she cannot write what she does not know

3. What, according to Teresa, is the value of continuously reflecting on one's own character?
(a) having answers to all of life's questions
(b) being able to live among the worldly
(c) being ready for trials before they come
(d) always knowing the right thing to say

4. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?
(a) more aware of the temptations
(b) unaware of temptations
(c) experimenting with temptations
(d) free of temptations

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?

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

3. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?

4. What must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?

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

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