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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Teresa's spiritual marriage analogy?
(a) God as the pastor and the worshipper as the betrothed
(b) God as the judge and the worshipper as the petitioner
(c) God as the groom and the worshipper as the bride
(d) God as the host and the worshipper as the guest

10. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?
(a) that no one will understand what she says
(b) that she has already said everything in other books
(c) that she cannot write what she does not know
(d) that there is too much information for only one book

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

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

13. What does Teresa say God is under no obligation to do"
(a) command obedience apart from free will
(b) bestow gifts to motivate believers to continue seeking Him
(c) show miraculous signs to motivate people to believe
(d) care whether anyone accesses the Fifth Dwelling or not

14. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?
(a) cast them away from His care
(b) equip them to handle the circumstance with dignity
(c) make them examples to other people
(d) hide them from public view

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile does Teresa use to describe turning away from a life of prayer?

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

3. What does Teresa say a person who prays must do?

4. How does she refer to God?

5. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?

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