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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?
(a) curse God and die
(b) take up a new religion
(c) to maintain faith that God works wisely for his good
(d) realize that he has sinned

2. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?
(a) to return to her day to day activities
(b) to feed the poor
(c) to endure any trial for Him
(d) to leave and never return

3. What metaphor does Teresa introduce about the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) the way a herd of elephants stay together
(b) the way a silk worm tirelessly works for the benefit of people
(c) the way a bee works tirelessly for the queen
(d) the way an ant collects food for the winter

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

5. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog
(b) a soul seeking to give life to the world
(c) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God
(d) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world

6. What does Teresa say is important in the early stages of being a butterfly in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) continuing in obedience and devotion
(b) testing one's spiritual wings
(c) keeping the experience always in mind
(d) learning self-motivation and authority

7. What is a second metaphor of spiritual consolation?
(a) sweet music that comes from on high
(b) a fragrance that originates deep in the soul
(c) bird sogn that lifts the spirit
(d) bubbleing springs that tinkle like bells

8. 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 learn how to manipulate the Fifth Dwelling
(c) to establish the intimacy she describes and to maintain it
(d) to become superior to those in the lower dwellings

9. What does Teresa say happens in the Fourth Dwelling?
(a) the way forward becomes more difficult
(b) the soul begins to experience the supernatural
(c) the soul becomes lethargic
(d) the problems grow exponentially

10. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?
(a) as a lotus in a pond
(b) as better than other people
(c) as unworthy of divine help
(d) as only of value to other people

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

12. What condition does Teresa suggest a soul is in when it turns away from a life of prayer?
(a) being free to examine itself
(b) being outside not able to find the door
(c) in a world of confusion
(d) in a state of grave error

13. When is it good for the rich to desire more wealth?
(a) when the idea is someone else's
(b) when the intention is virtuous
(c) when times get difficult
(d) when it is easy to do

14. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?
(a) They are eaten by the dragons.
(b) They become like the creatures out there.
(c) They become blind in the drakness.
(d) They have to fight for their lives.

15. How does she refer to God?
(a) as the Task Master
(b) as The Inquisitor
(c) as The Suffering Savior
(d) as the Beloved

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the condition Teresa describes in the Fifth Dwelling?

3. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?

4. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

5. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?

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