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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 about good works done outside of communion with God ?
(a) They make up for other failings.
(b) They come from a spirit of evil.
(c) They are useful to other people.
(d) They open the door to God.

2. What is a second metaphor of spiritual consolation?
(a) sweet music that comes from on high
(b) bubbleing springs that tinkle like bells
(c) bird sogn that lifts the spirit
(d) a fragrance that originates deep in the soul

3. What does a sister do when entering into the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) changes her clothes
(b) opens her mind to spiritual infinity
(c) dies to her own desires
(d) bows low and says the Our Father

4. How does Teresa say God views the potential bride?
(a) how capable she is of bearing children
(b) how willingly and completely she is offering herself to Him
(c) how sexually appealing she is
(d) how beautiful she is

5. How do imaginative visions embed themselves into the soul?
(a) as metaphors of all that the visions reveal
(b) more as impressions than crisp memories
(c) as fleeting images that return from time to time
(d) as clear images that cannot be forgotten

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say the encounters with God feel like?

2. What does Teresa suggest looking for in a spiritual adviser?

3. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?

4. About what does Teresa suggest getting advice if one is commanded to do something during the Sixth Dwelling experience?

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

(see the answer key)

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