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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa suggest might be offered as a temptation in the second dwelling?
(a) seemingly virtuous worldly alternatives
(b) the sense that the sould is right with God
(c) a feeling that one has arrived
(d) lasting peace if one does not progress beyond

2. What overwhelming emotion does Teresa go on to discuss in Dwelling Six?
(a) the feeling of taking arms to protect the Church
(b) the desire to do as much good as possible
(c) the immensity of a soul's desire to die and join her Beloved
(d) the ache to see the Beloved again and again

3. What does Teresa warn against regarding spiritual affectations?
(a) performing good deeds without love
(b) putting on a show of one's spirituality with esoteric jargon
(c) putting on shows of miracle working
(d) becoming smug in one's relationship to God

4. What sets intellectual visions apart from all others?
(a) knowledge of good and evil
(b) knowledge of the constant companionship of God
(c) knowledge of the Scriptures
(d) knowledge of the service required of one

5. After the Prayer of Union, where does the sister realize she was?
(a) in God and He was in her
(b) among the saints
(c) floating in the cosmos
(d) near death

Short Answer Questions

1. Who may, according to Teresa, cause doubt and turning away from her experience as soon as she is out of the throes of it?

2. What does Teresa say inhabits the outside of the castle?

3. What is the most important quality of someone wishing to move deeper?

4. What question asked of the sons of Zebedee is Teresa finally able to answer?

5. What becomes Teresa's fondest desire to do?

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