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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Teresa describe the silk worm nature of the pending change in the supplicant?
(a) moving into beauty and intimate service
(b) going through the pain of dying and resurrection
(c) facing the anxiety of the unknown
(d) spinning tightly into a silk cacoon

3. What does she say is not prayer at all?
(a) praying to God as though He were a servant
(b) praying while standing up
(c) always asking God for favors
(d) rambling on about mundane matters

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

5. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?
(a) not to think much but to love much
(b) not to give meaning to feelings
(c) not to continue looking inward
(d) not to speak much but to listen more

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa recognize when she experiences a soul-filling fragrance?

2. At this level, what is engaged that takes the soul directly to the Beloved?

3. What can the mind not comprehend after the communal experience with God?

4. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?

5. What must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?

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