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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. Above all, however, what does Teresa suggest is of paramount importance?

2. Even though the change it works in her is permanent, how does Teresa say she can describe the contact with the Beloved?

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

4. What does Teresa say God gives her to remember this visit?

5. When does Teresa say she is able to see clearly the ways she has strayed from Him while she has dwelled with Him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has joy given Teresa a kind of death?

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

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

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

7. How does Teresa describe intellectual visions?

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

9. How does Teresa describe the physical state of the body during her raptures?

10. What frustration comes to Teresa as she progresses in intimacy with God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the pleasures of the world that are in conflict with the Christian ideal of drawing closer to God. In your essay detail pleasures that may be enjoyable at the moment but later bring no satisfaction to one's life.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on visions versus hallucinations. In your essay give examples of what some refer to as visions and examples of hallucinations such as those brought on through the use of drugs. State your opinion as to the validity of visions. Do you support the idea that they come from some higher place or do you think that people see in visions what they want to see?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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