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

2. What does Teresa say a person who prays must do?
(a) lie prostrate on the ground
(b) light candles to help the prayer ascend
(c) turn attention away from earthly treasures
(d) make confession before prayer

3. What does Teresa say the nature of many people is?
(a) willingness to believe the good things they hear
(b) willingness to overlook what they do not understand
(c) willingness to believe the negative things they hear
(d) willingness to learn better things from example

4. What remains in the mind about the reality and sacredness of such a foreign experience in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) memory
(b) confusion
(c) the outter castle
(d) skepticism

5. When was the book written?
(a) 1493 A. D.
(b) 1577 A .D.
(c) 1665 A. D.
(d) 1776 A. D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Teresa use to discuss spiritual consolations?

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

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

4. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?

5. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What type of prayer does Teresa disdain?

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

10. How does Teresa define spiritual consolations?

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