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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. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?
(a) a source that is less than divine
(b) souls in Purgatory
(c) heavenly choirs
(d) external sounds in the background

2. What knowledge does Teresa say is the cause of intellectual visions?
(a) that she was taught these things
(b) that she has been there before
(c) that God uses both mind and soul
(d) that God is always watching

3. What is there no relief from while the soul is experiencing this pain on earth?
(a) losing it or finding it
(b) the time it takes or the way it grows
(c) avoiding it or concealing it
(d) enjoying it or escaping it

4. Even at this point, what is Teresa's warning to her sisters?
(a) to remember to tell everyone about their experience
(b) to be cautious about offending God
(c) to keep the betrothal a secret
(d) to be sure to remain in the bridal chamber

5. What do those closest to God experience?
(a) avoidance of all trials
(b) freedom from temptation
(c) the most severe trials
(d) the greatest doubt

Short Answer Questions

1. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?

2. What is the source of the pain Teresa describes?

3. What does Teresa say the soul engages in after the espousal in Dwelling Six?

4. What is the difference in the reminders she gets now when her spirit flags and the times she first encountered the pain of awareness?

5. What does Teresa say about God allowing evil spirits to tempt one at the Sixth Dwelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What communion does Teresa say trials at this level bring about?

2. How does Teresa explain the anguish and unrest of the soul in the Sixth Dwelling?

3. What tokens does Teresa say God gives to help recall the raptures?

4. At this Seventh Dwelling stage, how are Teresa's experiences with god different?

5. What are the six reasons not to ask for a gift that another person has been given.

6. What is the comfort at the Sixth Dwelling level of intimacy with God?

7. How does Teresa describe the physical state of the body during her raptures?

8. How has joy given Teresa a kind of death?

9. How does Teresa describe intellectual visions?

10. Describe the esoteric talisman Teresa uses as an analogy to one's faith.

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