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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 must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?
(a) take up a new religion
(b) to maintain faith that God works wisely for his good
(c) curse God and die
(d) realize that he has sinned

2. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?
(a) sweep them under the carpet
(b) adjust their perspective
(c) work them out for themselves
(d) let them go

3. In this Fifth Dwelling state, what does the supplicant now desire?
(a) to return to her day to day activities
(b) to endure any trial for Him
(c) to feed the poor
(d) to leave and never return

4. 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 establish the intimacy she describes and to maintain it
(b) to become superior to those in the lower dwellings
(c) to get God to do her own will
(d) to learn how to manipulate the Fifth Dwelling

5. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?
(a) that she cannot write what she does not know
(b) that no one will understand what she says
(c) that there is too much information for only one book
(d) that she has already said everything in other books

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is grief of putting to death the silkworm worth forging through?

3. What does Teresa say the condition of the soul is in the First Dwelling?

4. With whom does Teresa find comfort during this time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Teresa's view of the company she should keep.

8. How does Teresa describe establishing and maintaining intimacy with God?

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

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

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