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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?
(a) putting on shows of miracle working
(b) performing good deeds without love
(c) becoming smug in one's relationship to God
(d) putting on a show of one's spirituality with esoteric jargon

3. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of a winding road
(b) a vision of a castle
(c) a vision of prayer
(d) a vision of St. Joseph

4. When is it good for the rich to desire more wealth?
(a) when the intention is virtuous
(b) when it is easy to do
(c) when times get difficult
(d) when the idea is someone else's

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

2. What metaphor does Teresa introduce about the Fifth Dwelling?

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

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

5. What is the Prayer of Recollection all about?

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