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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. Having attained the Seventh Dwelling, what does a person now have?
(a) infalability of spirit
(b) a shield against temptation
(c) a roadmap back to God
(d) a mighty and faithful Companion by her side

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

3. What does Teresa warn against about emotions from the Sixth Dwelling?
(a) losing one's mind in the process
(b) desiring the emotion over wanting to be obedient
(c) falsely interpreting other intensity of emotion for this kind of longing
(d) becoming adicted to the emotional high

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

5. What is the metaphor Teresa returns to in order to explain the feeling in the soul of ever-increasing anguish and unrest?
(a) the butterfly looking for a place to land
(b) the elephant looking for a place to sleep
(c) the silkworm trying to spin its cacoon
(d) the butterfly trying to emerge from the cacoon

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Teresa suggest the sisters share such intense relationships with God?

2. From what strange source does Teresa find joy?

3. What is the Beloved doing as she enters the Seventh Dwelling?

4. What is the benefit of this marriage that is still not complete?

5. What does Teresa say may happen to someone in the sixth Dwelling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Teresa describe intellectual visions?

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

4. What occasions the intensity of greater pain during this time of greater closeness to God?

5. Even at this high state, what caution does Teresa offer?

6. What recommendation does Teresa make regarding commands that will affect others?

7. Describe the metaphor of the ember in preparing one for marriage to God.

8. How does Teresa describe the soul as it comes into its most intimate contact with God?

9. What admission does Teresa make regarding the hearing of voices?

10. What does Teresa have to say about tears that spring form the raptures?

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