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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. Who may, according to Teresa, cause doubt and turning away from her experience as soon as she is out of the throes of it?
(a) sisters who know more than she does
(b) people who come with too many earthly problems
(c) the harsh realities of day to day living
(d) inept and paranoid spiritual advisors

2. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?
(a) recognizing the sweetness, and in not turning away from it
(b) a vessel running over with clear water
(c) knowing when God is speaking
(d) being still for long periods of time

3. What does Teresa say about the servants of an earthly King?
(a) Some of them are cast out.
(b) Not all of them are allowed into his private chamber.
(c) They come and they go.
(d) They all eat at his table.

4. What does Teresa say happens in the Fourth Dwelling?
(a) the way forward becomes more difficult
(b) the soul becomes lethargic
(c) the problems grow exponentially
(d) the soul begins to experience the supernatural

5. What sign does the bride give that she is ready for union with God?
(a) She keeps her eyes lowered at all times.
(b) She covers her head when she prays.
(c) She removes herself from the possibility of error.
(d) She crawls on her hands and knees.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?

3. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?

4. What must be understood if the thoughts that serve as distractions are from a spirit of evil?

5. What is Teresa's spiritual marriage analogy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Teresa introduce her analogy of the silkworm?

3. What does Teresa have to say about expectations and rewards for service to God?

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

5. Explain how the seeker receives the spiritual sweetness.

6. What type of prayer does Teresa disdain?

7. What does Teresa say about the rich man who has lost his wealth?

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

9. What caution does Teresa offer about imagining one has gifts from God that have not actually been bestowed?

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

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