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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa warn against about emotions from the Sixth Dwelling?
(a) losing one's mind in the process
(b) desiring the emotion over wanting to be obedient
(c) becoming adicted to the emotional high
(d) falsely interpreting other intensity of emotion for this kind of longing

2. What does her focus on her inner temple now bring Teresa in the Seventh Dwelling?
(a) being separated from her body
(b) being at peace with her detractors
(c) being aware of all she can become
(d) being perfectly united with her King

3. How does Teresa explain the passage through the dwellings that happen for others?
(a) the same as her experience but with different metaphors
(b) not exactly as she describes them for everyone
(c) as totally different from her experience
(d) exactly like they happened to her

4. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?
(a) this one makes living much more painful
(b) this one is harder to return from
(c) this one is painful when it happens
(d) this one is faster

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

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

7. Above all, however, what does Teresa suggest is of paramount importance?
(a) that the soul stays close to Christ
(b) that one does not rely on the saints
(c) that emotions do not come to rule the mind
(d) that prayer be intellectual

8. How does Teresa describe the ember in the soul--some thought that spreads its flame through the entire soul?
(a) a frightening experience that lasts only a moment
(b) moments of emptiness
(c) moments of spiritual rapture
(d) a pain like dying

9. What knowledge gives Teresa comfort?
(a) the days on earth will soon come to an end
(b) she cannot be prosecuted by the Inquisition
(c) the passions can be quieted
(d) she is now free to do as she pleases

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

11. What does Teresa recognize when she experiences a soul-filling fragrance?
(a) She knows that she is still alive.
(b) She knows that He is calling her.
(c) She knows that she is having a death experience.
(d) She knows she must wait longer.

12. How does Teresa qualify the marriage?
(a) as something that cannot be fully realized in this life
(b) as something that does not really happen
(c) as something that happens often
(d) as something that repeats itself three times to be real

13. What is the condition of her soul that gives her confidence to enter the bridal chamber?
(a) in spiritual perfection
(b) in total annihilation
(c) in the state of grace
(d) completely transparent

14. What does Teresa say are continuously going on in the chamber of the soul?
(a) wars
(b) celebrations
(c) feasts
(d) dancing

15. What does Teresa tell her sisters will be their best way of teaching those who know them?
(a) the fact that they are nuns
(b) the fire of their devotion
(c) the loftiness of their titles
(d) the rhythm of their words

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Teresa say she is able to see clearly the ways she has strayed from Him while she has dwelled with Him?

2. Why does Teresa return to the analogy of the butterfly as she discusses the effects of her marriage?

3. From what strange source does Teresa find joy?

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

5. Ending the Chapter on the Sixth Dwelling, what is Teresa's emphasis on?

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