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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog
(b) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world
(c) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God
(d) a soul seeking to give life to the world

2. What does Teresa say about the servants of an earthly King?
(a) Not all of them are allowed into his private chamber.
(b) They come and they go.
(c) They all eat at his table.
(d) Some of them are cast out.

3. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?
(a) They become like the creatures out there.
(b) They are eaten by the dragons.
(c) They become blind in the drakness.
(d) They have to fight for their lives.

4. What metaphor does Teresa use to discuss spiritual consolations?
(a) water
(b) earth
(c) fire
(d) air

5. What is the composition of the castle?
(a) brick and mortor
(b) diamond or some clear crystal
(c) solid, carved stone
(d) cedars from Lebanon

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What, according to Teresa, is the value of continuously reflecting on one's own character?

4. How does Teresa advise her sisters they can stay humble?

5. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?

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