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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?
(a) a soul who seeks protection
(b) a soul who sees the worth of her Lord
(c) a soul who has new whte raiment
(d) a soul who has no physical desires

2. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world
(b) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog
(c) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God
(d) a soul seeking to give life to the world

3. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?
(a) a double amputee
(b) a blind person
(c) a quadraplegic
(d) a deaf person

4. What simile does Teresa use to describe turning away from a life of prayer?
(a) like putting out all the candles in a dark house
(b) like throwing a shroud over a brightly shining jewel
(c) like never washing out a drinking cup
(d) like putting mud in a cake

5. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?
(a) her need to share her experience with the world
(b) her obedience to her confessor
(c) her need to keep busy at her age
(d) her last chance to write a book

Short Answer Questions

1. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?

2. What, according to Teresa, motivated Jesus to raise Lazarus from the dead?

3. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?

4. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?

5. What does Teresa say God is under no obligation to do"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa say about a nun who is entangled with the cares of the world?

2. What does Teresa have to say about mastering one's earthly appetites?

3. How has Teresa handled fear and weakness on her part in the past?

4. What is Teresa's conclusion on how she will proceed with the writing?

5. What does Teresa prescribe as a means of passing any test of her faith and devotion?

6. What does Teresa say about what is gained during the difficult times in life?

7. What lament does Teresa offer for those who never experience a relationship with God?

8. How does Teresa describe the Prayer of Union?

9. How does Teresa say a seeker will know if she is truly humble?

10. Describe what Teresa saw in her vision about how to write the book?

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