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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of the pain Teresa describes?
(a) looking on the face of God
(b) recognizing her own shortcomings
(c) unworthiness of His love
(d) estrangement from God

2. What knowledge does Teresa say is the cause of intellectual visions?
(a) that she has been there before
(b) that she was taught these things
(c) that God is always watching
(d) that God uses both mind and soul

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

4. What is the difference in the reminders she gets now when her spirit flags and the times she first encountered the pain of awareness?
(a) sudden flashes of truth
(b) easy experiences instead of the pain like before
(c) rapid flights back to the Seventh Dwelling
(d) self-recognition of what she needs to do

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. What do those closest to God experience?
(a) avoidance of all trials
(b) freedom from temptation
(c) the greatest doubt
(d) the most severe trials

10. What does Teresa say about God allowing evil spirits to tempt one at the Sixth Dwelling?
(a) He will send his angels to help fight the temptation.
(b) He will be sure they are defeated.
(c) God would never allow that.
(d) He will not allow them into that area of the castle.

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

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

13. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Teresa, is the prerequisite for entering briefly into the Sixth Dwelling?

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

3. What is the condition of the soul at this point?

4. What does Teresa suggest looking for in a spiritual adviser?

5. What question asked of the sons of Zebedee is Teresa finally able to answer?

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