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

2. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?
(a) they will dominate
(b) they will reverse the soul's progress
(c) they will increase
(d) they will pass

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

4. Ending the Chapter on the Sixth Dwelling, what is Teresa's emphasis on?
(a) learning techniques for getting to the Sixth Dwelling quickly
(b) distinguishing a real vision from a false one
(c) the formulas for improving meditation
(d) making the Sixth Dwelling appealing to all

5. What serves to intensify the scrutiny with which she views herself and considers her own shortcomings?
(a) her increased knowledge of God
(b) her swift transitions
(c) her need to feel forgiveness
(d) her fear of overlooking some transgression

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say she has never experienced?

2. What, according to Teresa, is the prerequisite for entering briefly into the Sixth Dwelling?

3. Even though the change it works in her is permanent, how does Teresa say she can describe the contact with the Beloved?

4. What is the final activity in the Sixth Dwelling, according to Teresa?

5. Why does Teresa stress that the most important thing is to bind one's will to the will of God instead of seeking some particular blessing?

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