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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 say makes the Prayer of Recollection necessary?
(a) when one has not prayed every day
(b) when one has picked up bad habits
(c) when one begins to forget how to pray
(d) when one has left the convent

2. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?
(a) make them examples to other people
(b) equip them to handle the circumstance with dignity
(c) cast them away from His care
(d) hide them from public view

3. What does Teresa say is important at the Fourth Dwelling intimacy with God?
(a) not to continue looking inward
(b) not to think much but to love much
(c) not to give meaning to feelings
(d) not to speak much but to listen more

4. In the Sixth Dwelling, what does Teresa describe pertaining to the bride?
(a) how eagerly she awaits her wedding day
(b) how the time seems to take forever
(c) how the Groom will look in person
(d) how she wonders what her wedding dress will be like

5. Before beginning the writing, to what does she compare herself?
(a) a fish that is left out of water
(b) a rabbit that fears preditors
(c) a cat that sleeps all the time
(d) a bird that has been taught to speak

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?

2. What does Teresa say the mind will do if it is allowed to wander during prayer?

3. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

4. As intimacy grows deeper, how are experiences of God measured?

5. What does Teresa say some observing her behavior may assume?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does Teresa say a sister can insure her devotion to God?

4. Briefly summarize the pain of the Fifth Dwelling.

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

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

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

8. What reservation does Teresa have about writing on the subject of prayer?

9. What is Teresa's feeling after leaving the Prayer of Union?

10. What theme does Teresa introduce in her first chapter that runs throughout the book?

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