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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?
(a) floating in the cosmos
(b) near death
(c) among the saints
(d) in God and He was in her

2. What troubles Teresa as she is about to start writing?
(a) problems relating to the other sisters
(b) serious health problems
(c) lack of ideas about where to start
(d) visions of her death

3. What does Teresa say the condition of the soul is in the First Dwelling?
(a) like that of a small child
(b) confused by being in a strange place
(c) looking for the way back outside
(d) only just beginning to learn to pray

4. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?
(a) as better than other people
(b) as a lotus in a pond
(c) as unworthy of divine help
(d) as only of value to other people

5. What does Teresa say the mind will do if it is allowed to wander during prayer?
(a) drift back towards God
(b) recall all the things one needs to pray for
(c) inevitably hopelessly stimulate the imagination
(d) seek out the weaknesses in the soul

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?

4. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?

5. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?

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