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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 grief of putting to death the silkworm worth forging through?
(a) it is a necessary and beautiful death
(b) it is a prerequisite of obedience
(c) it is a trial by fire
(d) it is a new kind of experience

2. What does Teresa say some of her sisters do when they are engrossed in their own reaction to what is happening in their souls?
(a) focus on the reaction a little at a time
(b) focus on the reaction until it becomes cloudy
(c) focus on the reaction at the expense of their health
(d) focus on the reaction but not on the cause

3. What is Teresa's analogy regarding the Seventh Dwelling?
(a) the wedding feast is being prepared
(b) meditation is in the form of butterflies
(c) there is a union of all the saints
(d) the soul and her Lord are now wed

4. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?
(a) performing good deeds without love
(b) putting on a show of one's spirituality with esoteric jargon
(c) putting on shows of miracle working
(d) becoming smug in one's relationship to God

5. At this level, what is engaged that takes the soul directly to the Beloved?
(a) the fear
(b) the habit
(c) the will
(d) the intellect

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?

2. If a voice she hears causes her to linger in worship and increases her devotion, what conclusion does Teresa draw?

3. After the Fifth Dwelling experience, what is the supplicant's new attitude?

4. What does Teresa say about the servants of an earthly King?

5. Even at this stage, what does Teresa say God allows?

(see the answer key)

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