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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Teresa say that hearing voices is always a negative sign?
(a) No, at times they are used by God.
(b) Yes, people who hear them are unbalanced.
(c) Yes, they mean one is not in the Sixth Dwelling.
(d) No, they may just be memories.

2. After the Fifth Dwelling experience, what is the supplicant's new attitude?
(a) superior to all others
(b) ready to go out into the world again
(c) satisfied with herself and all she does
(d) dissatisfied with every earthly pleasure

3. What does Teresa say a person who prays must do?
(a) make confession before prayer
(b) turn attention away from earthly treasures
(c) lie prostrate on the ground
(d) light candles to help the prayer ascend

4. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?
(a) that she has already said everything in other books
(b) that there is too much information for only one book
(c) that no one will understand what she says
(d) that she cannot write what she does not know

5. What remains in the mind about the reality and sacredness of such a foreign experience in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) skepticism
(b) confusion
(c) memory
(d) the outter castle

Short Answer Questions

1. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?

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

3. What does Teresa warn against about emotions from the Sixth Dwelling?

4. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

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

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