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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teresa insist she should not be pitied?
(a) because it would insult God
(b) because she has the infinity of the strength of God to buoy her
(c) because she knows God will find a way for her to teach others
(d) because pity should be given to the poor and outcasts

2. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?
(a) her accidentally stealing their words
(b) her lack of a reference library
(c) her need to appear scholarly
(d) her failing memory

3. What happens when God presses the glowing ember into her soul?
(a) It makes her glow fiery red.
(b) She feels pleasure instead of pain.
(c) It does not catch fire.
(d) She falls like a heap of ashes.

4. What knowledge does Teresa say is the cause of intellectual visions?
(a) that God is always watching
(b) that she was taught these things
(c) that God uses both mind and soul
(d) that she has been there before

5. How does Teresa classify those who have reached the Third Dwelling?
(a) looking for a corner to rest in
(b) exhausted from their journey
(c) already on their way to security unless they turn away
(d) unsure of where they are

Short Answer Questions

1. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?

2. In the Sixth Dwelling, what does Teresa describe pertaining to the bride?

3. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?

4. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?

5. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

(see the answer key)

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