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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Teresa say happens in the Fourth Dwelling?
(a) the soul begins to experience the supernatural
(b) the problems grow exponentially
(c) the way forward becomes more difficult
(d) the soul becomes lethargic

3. How does Teresa advise her sisters they can stay humble?
(a) detaching oneself from results
(b) working in the garden
(c) going to confession daily
(d) paying penance constantly

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

5. What is a second metaphor of spiritual consolation?
(a) bubbleing springs that tinkle like bells
(b) sweet music that comes from on high
(c) bird sogn that lifts the spirit
(d) a fragrance that originates deep in the soul

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a sister do when entering into the Fifth Dwelling?

3. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?

4. What does Teresa say the mind will do if it is allowed to wander during prayer?

5. What is the Prayer of Recollection all about?

(see the answer key)

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