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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is her fear of not being in alignment with the Mother Church?
(a) her bishop does not like her
(b) her ignorance of Church doctrine
(c) because she is a woman
(d) her problems with the Spanish Inquisition

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

3. From where does Teresa say consolations come?
(a) from publication of books
(b) from purely human endeavors
(c) from spiritual superiors
(d) from great sorrow

4. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?
(a) they will reverse the soul's progress
(b) they will pass
(c) they will dominate
(d) they will increase

5. What does she say is not prayer at all?
(a) always asking God for favors
(b) praying while standing up
(c) praying to God as though He were a servant
(d) rambling on about mundane matters

6. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?
(a) being still for long periods of time
(b) knowing when God is speaking
(c) a vessel running over with clear water
(d) recognizing the sweetness, and in not turning away from it

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

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

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

10. What metaphor does Teresa use to discuss spiritual consolations?
(a) air
(b) earth
(c) water
(d) fire

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

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

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

14. When was the book written?
(a) 1665 A. D.
(b) 1776 A. D.
(c) 1577 A .D.
(d) 1493 A. D.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?

2. What does Teresa say she has never experienced?

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

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

5. What remains in the mind about the reality and sacredness of such a foreign experience in the Fifth Dwelling?

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