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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa say she was doing that sometimes caused her to forget the simple guideline of getting to God?
(a) seeking the consolations of prayer
(b) meditating too long on the saints
(c) working on her writing
(d) thinking too much about Christ

2. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?
(a) a bird that has been taught to speak
(b) a fish that is left out of water
(c) a rabbit that fears preditors
(d) a cat that sleeps all the time

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

4. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?
(a) to endure any trial for Him
(b) to leave and never return
(c) to return to her day to day activities
(d) to feed the poor

5. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?
(a) heavenly choirs
(b) a source that is less than divine
(c) external sounds in the background
(d) souls in Purgatory

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Teresa suggest the sisters share such intense relationships with God?

2. What does Teresa classify as intellectual visions?

3. What does Teresa say the nature of many people is?

4. To whom is THE INNER CASTLE addressed?

5. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

(see the answer key)

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