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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 l transition does Teresa say should happen at Dwelling Three?
(a) from youth to old age
(b) from a life of service to one of total prayer
(c) from a devotional life to one of tangible service and sacrifice
(d) from a life of learning to one of teaching

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

3. After the Fifth Dwelling experience, what is the supplicant's new attitude?
(a) dissatisfied with every earthly pleasure
(b) satisfied with herself and all she does
(c) ready to go out into the world again
(d) superior to all others

4. What is the hope of the soul in the Third Dwelling?
(a) a life of serving God, or wishing to be taken to Him
(b) less trouble in the earthly life
(c) more space to be comfortable in
(d) a greater responsibility to please God

5. What if someone makes elaborate sacrifice and asks special gifts from God?
(a) God will give more.
(b) God is under no obligation to give.
(c) God will give all.
(d) God is obligated to give in like kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Teresa introduce about the Fifth Dwelling?

2. When was the book written?

3. Why is Teresa the one ordered to write the book on prayer for women?

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

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. Explain how the seeker receives the spiritual sweetness.

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

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

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

6. What explanation does Teresa give in her prologue?

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

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

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

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

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