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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though the change it works in her is permanent, how does Teresa say she can describe the contact with the Beloved?
(a) able to tell others who have just entered the Sixth Dwelling
(b) totally the vision of her death and resurrection
(c) only partly able to describe the experience once it has ended
(d) able to prophecy the future of the world based on the experience

2. After doing something wrong, what amazes Teresa?
(a) She still has the keys to the castle.
(b) She can get back into the castle.
(c) God does not leave the castle.
(d) She is not thrown out of the castle.

3. Even at this point, what is Teresa's warning to her sisters?
(a) to be sure to remain in the bridal chamber
(b) to remember to tell everyone about their experience
(c) to keep the betrothal a secret
(d) to be cautious about offending God

4. When does she say the vile creatures of temptation may return?
(a) while she is writing
(b) even when she is very close to her God
(c) when she has nothing to do
(d) in her dreams

5. What does Teresa say the lack of humility will cause someone to do?
(a) to keep her knowledge to herself
(b) to beg for better understanding
(c) to ask for what she has not earned
(d) to forget to rely on prayer

6. What is there no relief from while the soul is experiencing this pain on earth?
(a) avoiding it or concealing it
(b) enjoying it or escaping it
(c) the time it takes or the way it grows
(d) losing it or finding it

7. According to Teresa, what is the condition when voices are heard?
(a) deepend ecstasy
(b) frequently signs of mental imbalance
(c) complete concentrations
(d) communication of the saints

8. How do imaginative visions embed themselves into the soul?
(a) as fleeting images that return from time to time
(b) more as impressions than crisp memories
(c) as metaphors of all that the visions reveal
(d) as clear images that cannot be forgotten

9. What is the benefit of this marriage that is still not complete?
(a) it keeps the bride from ever sinning again
(b) it predicts a quick physical death for the bride
(c) it motivates to continue living righteously
(d) no separation is possible anymore

10. What is Teresa's analogy regarding the Seventh Dwelling?
(a) the wedding feast is being prepared
(b) meditation is in the form of butterflies
(c) there is a union of all the saints
(d) the soul and her Lord are now wed

11. What does she come to know by sight that the Church only knows by faith?
(a) the three distinct Persons of the Trinity and their perfect unity
(b) the awesomness of the angels
(c) the kid of food they eat in heaven
(d) the beauty of heaven

12. What does Teresa recognize is the only thing that can pull her from her God?
(a) Satan
(b) herself
(c) the Inquisition
(d) her spiritual advisers

13. Finally finding a place to rest, how does the butterfly demonstrate what the soul can now do?
(a) finally stop flitting around
(b) finally locating a place of beauty
(c) finally experiencing forgetfulness of self
(d) finally experiencing life giving nectar

14. What does Teresa suggest looking for in a spiritual adviser?
(a) one who has had similar experiences with prayer
(b) one who can keep a confidence
(c) one who believes in miracles
(d) one who is both educated and discerning

15. What happens when God presses the glowing ember into her soul?
(a) She feels pleasure instead of pain.
(b) She falls like a heap of ashes.
(c) It makes her glow fiery red.
(d) It does not catch fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teresa limited in what she can do by way of teaching others what she knows?

2. What does Teresa say the encounters with God feel like?

3. What does Teresa say she was doing that sometimes caused her to forget the simple guideline of getting to God?

4. What does Teresa say about God allowing evil spirits to tempt one at the Sixth Dwelling?

5. What does Teresa tell her sisters will be their best way of teaching those who know them?

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