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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) only partly able to describe the experience once it has ended
(b) able to prophecy the future of the world based on the experience
(c) able to tell others who have just entered the Sixth Dwelling
(d) totally the vision of her death and resurrection

2. With whom does Teresa suggest the sisters share such intense relationships with God?
(a) the whole world
(b) anyone who asks
(c) people who will keep them secret
(d) their confessors

3. Why is Teresa limited in what she can do by way of teaching others what she knows?
(a) She has no teacher training.
(b) She is not a man.
(c) She has no material support.
(d) She is too mystical.

4. How does Teresa say she is affected by her trials?
(a) Her faith waivers.
(b) She has to start all over.
(c) She is discouraged.
(d) She is uplifted.

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

6. About what does Teresa suggest getting advice if one is commanded to do something during the Sixth Dwelling experience?
(a) some action never heard of before
(b) some action that seems against the Mother Church
(c) some action that will affect another person
(d) some action that may be dangerous

7. For whom does she remember to pray as she approaches her Beloved?
(a) those who are still shackled, blind, deaf and living in darkness
(b) for her confessor and adviser
(c) for the sisters in the convent
(d) for the Mother Church

8. What does Teresa classify as intellectual visions?
(a) images of the saints
(b) visions not received by the senses
(c) memories of religious paintings
(d) visions that come from reading the Bible

9. What sets intellectual visions apart from all others?
(a) knowledge of the constant companionship of God
(b) knowledge of the Scriptures
(c) knowledge of good and evil
(d) knowledge of the service required of one

10. From what strange source does Teresa find joy?
(a) being persecuted for her King
(b) being cured of her physical ailments
(c) being free from physical labor
(d) being fed by the Hand of God

11. What teaches the soul by quick impression a thousand different things equally hard to explain, according to Teresa?
(a) the whisking away
(b) the speed of light
(c) the Mind of God
(d) the rush of adrelalin

12. What does Teresa say she was doing that sometimes caused her to forget the simple guideline of getting to God?
(a) seeking the consolations of prayer
(b) thinking too much about Christ
(c) working on her writing
(d) meditating too long on the saints

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

14. What does a vision coming from God do for the soul?
(a) makes her equal to God Himself
(b) makes her aware of His anger and wrath
(c) inspires her to get lost in loving God
(d) makes her recount all her shortcomings

15. What question asked of the sons of Zebedee is Teresa finally able to answer?
(a) Will you lay down your nets and follow me?
(b) Where were you when I was crucified?
(c) Why have you forsaken me?
(d) Are you able to drink from this chalice?

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Teresa describe the crystal and the memory of the image of its beauty?

2. Even at this point, what is Teresa's warning to her sisters?

3. What happens when God presses the glowing ember into her soul?

4. What overwhelming emotion does Teresa go on to discuss in Dwelling Six?

5. When does she say the vile creatures of temptation may return?

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