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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 say the soul engages in after the espousal in Dwelling Six?

2. Where might the voices heard during meditation come from according to Teresa?

3. What is Teresa's analogy regarding the Seventh Dwelling?

4. How do imaginative visions embed themselves into the soul?

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 are the beneficial effects of spiritual pain on the earthly body?

2. What is a recommendation of Teresa's on meditation?

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

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

5. What are the six reasons not to ask for a gift that another person has been given.

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

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

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

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

10. What tokens does Teresa say God gives to help recall the raptures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on overcoming past mistakes. Teresa talks about being so caught up in guilt over past mistakes that people often become incapacitated. In your essay apply that principal to anything a person might aspire to do but is hindered by fear of making errors along the way.

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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