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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. What does Teresa classify as a sign of the intention to draw ever closer to God?

2. What does she say is not prayer at all?

3. What does she think about what she has to say in this book?

4. What worries Teresa about being able to quote other writers?

5. Where does Teresa say her words come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Teresa say a seeker will know if she is truly humble?

2. What does Teresa say about a nun who is entangled with the cares of the world?

3. What is Teresa's feeling after leaving the Prayer of Union?

4. How does Teresa introduce her analogy of the silkworm?

5. What theme does Teresa introduce in her first chapter that runs throughout the book?

6. Explain how the seeker receives the spiritual sweetness.

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

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

9. What type of prayer does Teresa disdain?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the contributions of truly religious people. Discuss the contributions of those who actually practice their religious principles as opposed to those who merely put on a show of being religious. Use Teresa of Avila as an example.

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 on focus to achieve goals. Teresa focused on attaining a desired relationship with God. Use that same principle and discuss how achieving anything depends on the focus toward the goal. Select examples to support your thesis such as the national focus of the USA to put a man on the moon.

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