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

2. What does Teresa say a good adviser will know?
(a) how to disgusie his reactions to what she says
(b) whether a vision is from God or from the spirit of evil
(c) where to talk so they are not overheard
(d) how to pray for guidance in directing her

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

4. What does Teresa say are continuously going on in the chamber of the soul?
(a) wars
(b) celebrations
(c) feasts
(d) dancing

5. What can the mind not comprehend after the communal experience with God?
(a) what the meaning is of the experience
(b) where the body has been during the experience
(c) anything that does not awaken the impulse to love
(d) how the soul can re-enter that communion

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa classify as intellectual visions?

2. In that rapture, what does Teresa say she is allowed to do?

3. Why does Teresa say the experiences of such close communion with God cannot be fully explained?

4. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?

5. What is the condition of the soul at this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one recognize a vision not from God?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the beneficial effects of spiritual pain on the earthly body?

8. What encouragement to her sisters does Teresa use to conclude her book?

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

10. What limitation is on the marriage Teresa speaks of in the Seventh Dwelling?

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