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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?
(a) a soul who seeks protection
(b) a soul who has new whte raiment
(c) a soul who sees the worth of her Lord
(d) a soul who has no physical desires

2. What does Teresa say makes the Prayer of Recollection necessary?
(a) when one has left the convent
(b) when one has not prayed every day
(c) when one begins to forget how to pray
(d) when one has picked up bad habits

3. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?
(a) more aware of the temptations
(b) unaware of temptations
(c) experimenting with temptations
(d) free of temptations

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

5. What happens to good deeds when they are done in harmony with the love of Christ?
(a) They are repeated more often.
(b) They become miracles.
(c) They are more powerful,
(d) They happen spontaneously.

6. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?
(a) They are useful to other people.
(b) They make up for other failings.
(c) They come from a spirit of evil.
(d) They open the door to God.

7. How does Teresa say God views the potential bride?
(a) how beautiful she is
(b) how willingly and completely she is offering herself to Him
(c) how capable she is of bearing children
(d) how sexually appealing she is

8. What does Teresa say she has never experienced?
(a) the after effects of spiritual revelation
(b) the lasting effects of forgetting to pray
(c) the physical effects of spiritual consolations
(d) the mental effects of spiritual visions

9. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?
(a) when the time for prayer feels like a drudgery
(b) when the words of prayer simply will not come
(c) when proceeding faithfully is more work than gratification
(d) when the supplicant forgets to drink water

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

11. With whom does Teresa find comfort during this time?
(a) sisters who make allowances for her behavior
(b) children who come for advice
(c) sisters who are experiencing the Sixth Dwelling themselves
(d) her confessor who understands fully

12. What does she say is at the center of the castle?
(a) the heart of the penitent
(b) the dwelling place of God
(c) the answer to all prayers
(d) the soul of the believer

13. In the early chambers of the Fifth Dwelling, what must the supplicant do?
(a) test the spirits to see if the experience is good and godly
(b) look around to remember where one is
(c) keep both feet on the floor
(d) prepare to believe everything experienced

14. To what does Teresa invite the sister who would enter the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) communal prayer sessions to gain entrance
(b) lessons on finding the doorway
(c) certain herbs that enhance the experience
(d) deliberate meditation on the beauty of that life and sacrifice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

2. What does Teresa say the mind will do if it is allowed to wander during prayer?

3. What is her fear of not being in alignment with the Mother Church?

4. What does Teresa say some of her sisters do when they are engrossed in their own reaction to what is happening in their souls?

5. How does Teresa say most people make decisions and judgments?

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