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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 a vision coming from God do for the soul?

2. Even at this point, what is Teresa's warning to her sisters?

3. What happens when God presses the glowing ember into her soul?

4. When does she say the vile creatures of temptation may return?

5. Ending the Chapter on the Sixth Dwelling, what is Teresa's emphasis on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa say about remaining humble in light of the temporary nature of the world?

2. What is the experience in the rapture that requires bravery?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Teresa explain the anguish and unrest of the soul in the Sixth Dwelling?

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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