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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?
(a) her need to share her experience with the world
(b) her obedience to her confessor
(c) her need to keep busy at her age
(d) her last chance to write a book

2. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul seeking to give life to the world
(b) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God
(c) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world
(d) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog

3. What is the composition of the castle?
(a) brick and mortor
(b) diamond or some clear crystal
(c) cedars from Lebanon
(d) solid, carved stone

4. Why is Teresa the one ordered to write the book on prayer for women?
(a) because it will keep her out of trouble
(b) because she has experience writing books
(c) because the men are busy writing other books
(d) because women communicate better with women

5. How does Teresa say some souls react when God tests their strength and dependence on Him?
(a) defiantly toward all things spiritual
(b) slowly, delaying their progress
(c) out of proportion to what is necessary to endure the trial
(d) doing nothing and hoping for the better

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa describe the feeling of unrest in the soul?

2. What is Teresa's spiritual marriage analogy?

3. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?

4. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?

5. What does Teresa say some observing her behavior may assume?

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