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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 pass
(c) they will increase
(d) they will dominate

3. In the early chambers of the Fifth Dwelling, what must the supplicant do?
(a) test the spirits to see if the experience is good and godly
(b) look around to remember where one is
(c) prepare to believe everything experienced
(d) keep both feet on the floor

4. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?
(a) They bring recognition from God.
(b) They help the person find humility.
(c) They yield no lasting good.
(d) They are the only way to do good.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the book written?

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

4. Why is Teresa the one ordered to write the book on prayer for women?

5. What does Teresa say some of her sisters do when they are engrossed in their own reaction to what is happening in their souls?

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