2. When does Teresa say she is able to see clearly the ways she has strayed from Him while she has dwelled with Him?
(a) the moment she feels the warmth of His presence
(b) the moment in which God instills deep secrets in her soul
(c) the moment she wakes from her vision
(d) the moment she opens her eyes the next morning

3. Having attained the Seventh Dwelling, what does a person now have?
(a) infalability of spirit
(b) a roadmap back to God
(c) a mighty and faithful Companion by her side
(d) a shield against temptation

4. How does Teresa describe the feeling of unrest in the soul?
(a) pain like a flaming arrow piercing the body
(b) emptiness like a spilled glass
(c) confusion like being lost in the woods
(d) hunger like after a forty day fast

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

6. What overwhelming emotion does Teresa go on to discuss in Dwelling Six?
(a) the feeling of taking arms to protect the Church
(b) the immensity of a soul's desire to die and join her Beloved
(c) the desire to do as much good as possible
(d) the ache to see the Beloved again and again

7. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?
(a) heavenly choirs
(b) external sounds in the background
(c) souls in Purgatory
(d) a source that is less than divine

8. What is the condition of the soul at this point?
(a) cleanly stripped of her worldly attachments
(b) devoid of free will
(c) able to defeat the evil spirits
(d) totally dependent on her faith

9. What is the metaphor Teresa returns to in order to explain the feeling in the soul of ever-increasing anguish and unrest?
(a) the elephant looking for a place to sleep
(b) the butterfly looking for a place to land
(c) the silkworm trying to spin its cacoon
(d) the butterfly trying to emerge from the cacoon

10. How does Teresa describe those brief encounters with God?
(a) lilting melodies of peace
(b) floating on calm waters
(c) swoons of passion
(d) thunderbolts of unmistakable contact

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

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

13. In her brief moments of encounter with God, what emotion results afterward?
(a) an ever deepening longing for God
(b) a serious confusion of purpose
(c) great doubt that anyone will believe her
(d) fear that they might never happen again

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

15. What is the Beloved doing as she enters the Seventh Dwelling?
(a) He is preparing to take her into His chamber to consummate their love.
(b) He is preparing for her physical death.
(c) He is organizing a feast of the saints.
(d) He is dressing for the occasion.