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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 she say is inside the castle?
(a) rooms filled with busy people
(b) diamonds and jewels
(c) green fields and flowers
(d) dwellings in every direction
2. How does Teresa classify those who have reached the Third Dwelling?
(a) looking for a corner to rest in
(b) exhausted from their journey
(c) unsure of where they are
(d) already on their way to security unless they turn away
3. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?
(a) They are useful to other people.
(b) They come from a spirit of evil.
(c) They make up for other failings.
(d) They open the door to God.
4. What if someone makes elaborate sacrifice and asks special gifts from God?
(a) God is under no obligation to give.
(b) God is obligated to give in like kind.
(c) God will give all.
(d) God will give more.
5. What is the condition Teresa describes in the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) great longing
(b) translocation
(c) physical elevation
(d) removed from her senses and reason
Short Answer Questions
1. To whom is THE INNER CASTLE addressed?
2. During what time does the soul recognize its capacity for receiving sweetness, or water from the spring?
3. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?
4. What must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?
5. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Teresa have to say about expectations and rewards for service to God?
2. How does Teresa describe establishing and maintaining intimacy with God?
3. How does Teresa evaluate those who serve but do not work at elevating their understanding of God?
4. What is Teresa's conclusion on how she will proceed with the writing?
5. In what way does Teresa say a sister can insure her devotion to God?
6. What does Teresa have to say about mastering one's earthly appetites?
7. What explanation does Teresa give in her prologue?
8. How does Teresa introduce her analogy of the silkworm?
9. What is Teresa's olfactory analogy for what she calls spiritual sweetness?
10. What theme does Teresa introduce in her first chapter that runs throughout the book?
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