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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teresa stress that the most important thing is to bind one's will to the will of God instead of seeking some particular blessing?
(a) to establish the intimacy she describes and to maintain it
(b) to learn how to manipulate the Fifth Dwelling
(c) to become superior to those in the lower dwellings
(d) to get God to do her own will

2. What does Teresa say the soul engages in after the espousal in Dwelling Six?
(a) days of solitude
(b) radiant celebration
(c) over indulgence
(d) painful lamenting

3. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?
(a) a bird that has been taught to speak
(b) a cat that sleeps all the time
(c) a fish that is left out of water
(d) a rabbit that fears preditors

4. What sets intellectual visions apart from all others?
(a) knowledge of good and evil
(b) knowledge of the service required of one
(c) knowledge of the constant companionship of God
(d) knowledge of the Scriptures

5. What is it when the soul retreats from the senses and begins to rebuild the temple where it can go to worship?
(a) the Lord's Prayer
(b) the Prayer of Contrition
(c) the Prayer of the Faithful
(d) the Prayer of Recollection

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?

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

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

4. What happens when God presses the glowing ember into her soul?

5. What is the hope of the soul in the Third Dwelling?

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