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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 introduce about the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) the way an ant collects food for the winter
(b) the way a silk worm tirelessly works for the benefit of people
(c) the way a bee works tirelessly for the queen
(d) the way a herd of elephants stay together

2. What is it when the soul retreats from the senses and begins to rebuild the temple where it can go to worship?
(a) the Prayer of Contrition
(b) the Prayer of Recollection
(c) the Lord's Prayer
(d) the Prayer of the Faithful

3. Why is grief of putting to death the silkworm worth forging through?
(a) it is a trial by fire
(b) it is a necessary and beautiful death
(c) it is a new kind of experience
(d) it is a prerequisite of obedience

4. What is the condition Teresa describes in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) great longing
(b) removed from her senses and reason
(c) translocation
(d) physical elevation

5. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?
(a) her accidentally stealing their words
(b) her failing memory
(c) her lack of a reference library
(d) her need to appear scholarly

Short Answer Questions

1. What l transition does Teresa say should happen at Dwelling Three?

2. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?

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

4. What if someone makes elaborate sacrifice and asks special gifts from God?

5. What remains in the mind about the reality and sacredness of such a foreign experience in the Fifth Dwelling?

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