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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa classify repeated prayers from memory?

2. What does Teresa stress at the beginning of her treatise?

3. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?

4. Why does Teresa stress that the most important thing is to bind one's will to the will of God instead of seeking some particular blessing?

5. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa prescribe as a means of passing any test of her faith and devotion?

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

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

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

5. What is Teresa's conclusion on how she will proceed with the writing?

6. What does Teresa have to say about inept spiritual advisers?

7. What type of prayer does Teresa disdain?

8. Briefly summarize the pain of the Fifth Dwelling.

9. What indicates Teresa's Christian mysticism as she begins her book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the value of analogies in explaining certain points. Select a topic and give an example of how an analogy makes your point about that topic easier to understand. For example, building a career might be analogous to building a house, starting with the foundation of a good education.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the value of holding onto convictions. In this essay you are not speaking exclusively about religious convictions. Define what happens to a person who behaves in a contradictory way to any values he or she holds to be right. These values may be ethical, political, or religious.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay stating your opinion of mysticism in general and Christian mysticism in particular. In your essay discuss the possibility of having one without the other. Use examples of Christian mysticism from the book.

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