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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the hope of the soul in the Third Dwelling?
(a) a life of serving God, or wishing to be taken to Him
(b) a greater responsibility to please God
(c) more space to be comfortable in
(d) less trouble in the earthly life

3. What happens to good deeds when they are done in harmony with the love of Christ?
(a) They become miracles.
(b) They happen spontaneously.
(c) They are repeated more often.
(d) They are more powerful,

4. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?
(a) to endure any trial for Him
(b) to leave and never return
(c) to return to her day to day activities
(d) to feed the poor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?

2. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?

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

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

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