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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is it when the soul retreats from the senses and begins to rebuild the temple where it can go to worship?
(a) the Prayer of the Faithful
(b) the Lord's Prayer
(c) the Prayer of Contrition
(d) the Prayer of Recollection

4. Where does Teresa say her words come from?
(a) the visions she has
(b) the Beloved
(c) the Bible
(d) the Saints

5. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?
(a) work them out for themselves
(b) let them go
(c) adjust their perspective
(d) sweep them under the carpet

Short Answer Questions

1. What is her fear of not being in alignment with the Mother Church?

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

3. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?

4. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?

5. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?

(see the answer key)

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