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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During what time does the soul recognize its capacity for receiving sweetness, or water from the spring?
(a) Evening Prayer
(b) Enlightened Prayer
(c) Controlled Prayer
(d) Quiet Prayer

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

5. What is the simile of the soul's remaining willing and receptive so that God will shape her into a selfless lover?
(a) fresh baked bread
(b) warm sealing wax
(c) boiling water
(d) blank pages

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

7. What does Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?
(a) knowing the Bible
(b) knowing oneself
(c) knowing the catechism
(d) knowing the Beloved

8. 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) the harsh realities of day to day living
(b) people who come with too many earthly problems
(c) inept and paranoid spiritual advisors
(d) sisters who know more than she does

9. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?
(a) as childish
(b) as fruitful
(c) as mindless
(d) as time consuming

10. How does Teresa say the confirmation of the Prayer of Union is not determined?
(a) not the ability to recall past misdeeds
(b) not the empty feeling when one leaves
(c) not the confirmation of what she calls half-learned men
(d) not the confirmation of witnesses

11. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?
(a) requests for specific needs
(b) prayers accompanied by the Rosary
(c) written out prayers
(d) spoken prayer with self-examination

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

13. What do many people do to prevent them from moving into the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) listen to the skeptics
(b) think they have already arrived
(c) allow themselves to become self-satisfied and judgmental
(d) get tired and give up

14. What is the composition of the castle?
(a) solid, carved stone
(b) brick and mortor
(c) diamond or some clear crystal
(d) cedars from Lebanon

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Sixth Dwelling, what does Teresa describe pertaining to the bride?

2. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?

3. What is it when the soul retreats from the senses and begins to rebuild the temple where it can go to worship?

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

5. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?

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