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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?
(a) seemingly virtuous worldly alternatives
(b) lasting peace if one does not progress beyond
(c) the sense that the sould is right with God
(d) a feeling that one has arrived

2. What does Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?
(a) knowing the Beloved
(b) knowing the catechism
(c) knowing the Bible
(d) knowing oneself

3. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?
(a) a soul who has new whte raiment
(b) a soul who seeks protection
(c) a soul who has no physical desires
(d) a soul who sees the worth of her Lord

4. What does Teresa say may happen to someone in the sixth Dwelling?
(a) seeing darkness
(b) hearing voices
(c) feeling cold
(d) fainting spells

5. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?
(a) this one is faster
(b) this one is painful when it happens
(c) this one makes living much more painful
(d) this one is harder to return from

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa say God views the potential bride?

2. What metaphor does Teresa use to discuss spiritual consolations?

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

4. What, according to Teresa, is the value of continuously reflecting on one's own character?

5. What does Teresa say the encounters with God feel like?

(see the answer key)

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