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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) less trouble in the earthly life
(c) a greater responsibility to please God
(d) more space to be comfortable in

2. What do many people do to prevent them from moving into the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) think they have already arrived
(b) listen to the skeptics
(c) allow themselves to become self-satisfied and judgmental
(d) get tired and give up

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

4. What does Teresa say makes the Prayer of Recollection necessary?
(a) when one has left the convent
(b) when one begins to forget how to pray
(c) when one has picked up bad habits
(d) when one has not prayed every day

5. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's
(a) Barcelona, Spain
(b) Valencia, Spain
(c) Madrid, Spain
(d) Toledo, Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she say is at the center of the castle?

2. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?

3. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?

4. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?

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

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