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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are these Fourth Dwelling places deeper and more and more beautiful?
(a) because they are nearer to the King
(b) because they are not internal
(c) because they require more maintenance
(d) because they are more expensive

2. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?
(a) in God and He was in her
(b) floating in the cosmos
(c) among the saints
(d) near death

3. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?
(a) sweep them under the carpet
(b) adjust their perspective
(c) work them out for themselves
(d) let them go

4. 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 get God to do her own will
(b) to establish the intimacy she describes and to maintain it
(c) to learn how to manipulate the Fifth Dwelling
(d) to become superior to those in the lower dwellings

5. Who may, according to Teresa, cause doubt and turning away from her experience as soon as she is out of the throes of it?
(a) inept and paranoid spiritual advisors
(b) the harsh realities of day to day living
(c) people who come with too many earthly problems
(d) sisters who know more than she does

6. 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

7. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?
(a) the sense that the sould is right with God
(b) lasting peace if one does not progress beyond
(c) a feeling that one has arrived
(d) seemingly virtuous worldly alternatives

8. What, according to Teresa, motivated Jesus to raise Lazarus from the dead?
(a) grief
(b) favoritism
(c) joy
(d) self-esteem

9. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?
(a) indoctrination
(b) industry
(c) humility
(d) moderation

10. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of a castle
(b) a vision of a winding road
(c) a vision of prayer
(d) a vision of St. Joseph

11. 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) rambling on about mundane matters
(d) always asking God for favors

12. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?
(a) indifference
(b) perseverance
(c) heartborken sobs
(d) more study on prayer

13. What does a sister do when entering into the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) dies to her own desires
(b) bows low and says the Our Father
(c) opens her mind to spiritual infinity
(d) changes her clothes

14. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?
(a) her lack of a reference library
(b) her need to appear scholarly
(c) her failing memory
(d) her accidentally stealing their words

15. What sign does the bride give that she is ready for union with God?
(a) She removes herself from the possibility of error.
(b) She crawls on her hands and knees.
(c) She keeps her eyes lowered at all times.
(d) She covers her head when she prays.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Teresa say consolations come?

2. What does Teresa say is important in the early stages of being a butterfly in the Fifth Dwelling?

3. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's

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

5. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?

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