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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. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?
(a) written out prayers
(b) spoken prayer with self-examination
(c) prayers accompanied by the Rosary
(d) requests for specific needs

2. Why does Teresa stress that the most important thing is to bind one's will to the will of God instead of seeking some particular blessing?
(a) to become superior to those in the lower dwellings
(b) to get God to do her own will
(c) to learn how to manipulate the Fifth Dwelling
(d) to establish the intimacy she describes and to maintain it

3. What metaphor does Teresa use to discuss spiritual consolations?
(a) air
(b) water
(c) fire
(d) earth

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

5. Why are these Fourth Dwelling places deeper and more and more beautiful?
(a) because they are nearer to the King
(b) because they require more maintenance
(c) because they are more expensive
(d) because they are not internal

Short Answer Questions

1. What is her fear of not being in alignment with the Mother Church?

2. What is the simile of the soul's remaining willing and receptive so that God will shape her into a selfless lover?

3. What l transition does Teresa say should happen at Dwelling Three?

4. What is the composition of the castle?

5. What do many people do to prevent them from moving into the Fifth Dwelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of prayer does Teresa disdain?

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

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

4. How does Teresa classify the greatest need in gaining a high level of intimacy with God?

5. What does Teresa have to say about inept spiritual advisers?

6. In what way does Teresa explain the Prayer of Recollection?

7. What is Teresa's olfactory analogy for what she calls spiritual sweetness?

8. Explain how the seeker receives the spiritual sweetness.

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

10. What indicates Teresa's Christian mysticism as she begins her book?

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