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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. For what purpose does Teresa describe the crystal and the memory of the image of its beauty?

2. After doing something wrong, what amazes Teresa?

3. How does Teresa qualify the marriage?

4. What does Teresa say about following one's lofty promises made to God in moments of worship?

5. What is the final activity in the Sixth Dwelling, according to Teresa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Teresa describe intellectual visions?

4. What revelation comes to Teresa at the center of herself while in communion with God?

5. What does Teresa identify as a reward for enduring trials of the Sixth Dwelling?

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

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

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

9. How does Teresa describe the rapture of the Sixth Dwelling?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay on skepticism. State your opinion on the value of being skeptical about anything seen or heard for the first time. Discuss in your essay why there is so much skepticism around things religious. Conclude your essay with an argument on whether skepticism is good or bad.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the idea that prayer is different for women than for men. Explain the order given to Teresa to write her book for women because women understand each other better. Does that idea hold up today? Explain differences between 16th and 21st Century concepts.

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