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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her metaphor, how does Teresa explain dying to one's personal desires?
(a) when the herd stays together, all elephants are safe
(b) when the ant collects food, all survive
(c) when the silkworm dies the butterfly emerges
(d) when the bee makes honey, all bees are benefitted

2. When was the book written?
(a) 1776 A. D.
(b) 1493 A. D.
(c) 1577 A .D.
(d) 1665 A. D.

3. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?
(a) as time consuming
(b) as childish
(c) as mindless
(d) as fruitful

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

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 clear images that cannot be forgotten
(d) as fleeting images that return from time to time

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile does Teresa use to describe turning away from a life of prayer?

2. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?

3. Why is grief of putting to death the silkworm worth forging through?

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

5. How does Teresa say the confirmation of the Prayer of Union is not determined?

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