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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Teresa's spiritual marriage analogy?
(a) God as the pastor and the worshipper as the betrothed
(b) God as the groom and the worshipper as the bride
(c) God as the judge and the worshipper as the petitioner
(d) God as the host and the worshipper as the guest

2. What does Teresa say some of her sisters do when they are engrossed in their own reaction to what is happening in their souls?
(a) focus on the reaction but not on the cause
(b) focus on the reaction a little at a time
(c) focus on the reaction at the expense of their health
(d) focus on the reaction until it becomes cloudy

3. What does she say is at the center of the castle?
(a) the heart of the penitent
(b) the dwelling place of God
(c) the soul of the believer
(d) the answer to all prayers

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

5. If a voice she hears causes her to linger in worship and increases her devotion, what conclusion does Teresa draw?
(a) it was not something heard, after all
(b) it is a passed trial of distraction
(c) it it divine
(d) it is an echo of her thoughts

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?

2. In the early chambers of the Fifth Dwelling, what must the supplicant do?

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

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

5. As intimacy grows deeper, how are experiences of God measured?

(see the answer key)

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