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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Teresa warn against about emotions from the Sixth Dwelling?
(a) falsely interpreting other intensity of emotion for this kind of longing
(b) desiring the emotion over wanting to be obedient
(c) losing one's mind in the process
(d) becoming adicted to the emotional high

3. On what does Teresa suggest one meditates when in the state of sorrow for their past transgressions?
(a) the good things they have done in the past
(b) the saints who have walked this path before them
(c) the light they have seen in Dwelling Six
(d) the peace that comes with dying

4. If a voice she hears causes her to linger in worship and increases her devotion, what conclusion does Teresa draw?
(a) it is an echo of her thoughts
(b) it it divine
(c) it is a passed trial of distraction
(d) it was not something heard, after all

5. What is her soul doing as she approaches the Beloved?
(a) becoming more and more visible
(b) shrinking away
(c) expanding through the universe
(d) getting progressively brighter

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?

2. How does Teresa describe the silk worm nature of the pending change in the supplicant?

3. What is the Beloved doing as she enters the Seventh Dwelling?

4. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?

5. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?

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