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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Teresa suggest getting advice if one is commanded to do something during the Sixth Dwelling experience?
(a) some action never heard of before
(b) some action that may be dangerous
(c) some action that will affect another person
(d) some action that seems against the Mother Church

2. How does she refer to God?
(a) as the Task Master
(b) as the Beloved
(c) as The Suffering Savior
(d) as The Inquisitor

3. What is the simile of the soul's remaining willing and receptive so that God will shape her into a selfless lover?
(a) blank pages
(b) fresh baked bread
(c) warm sealing wax
(d) boiling water

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teresa say the experiences of such close communion with God cannot be fully explained?

2. What do many people do to prevent them from moving into the Fifth Dwelling?

3. Where does Teresa say her words come from?

4. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?

5. When was the book written?

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