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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teresa say a person who prays must do?
(a) turn attention away from earthly treasures
(b) light candles to help the prayer ascend
(c) lie prostrate on the ground
(d) make confession before prayer

2. What does Teresa say about good works done outside of communion with God ?
(a) They are useful to other people.
(b) They open the door to God.
(c) They make up for other failings.
(d) They come from a spirit of evil.

3. What is Teresa's metaphor of the tree transplanted into a smelly bog?
(a) a soul able to clean up the smelly bog
(b) a soul seeking to give life to the world
(c) a soul in need of others to join in changing the world
(d) a soul purposefully removed from the grace of God

4. How is the soul once it moves into the Second Dwelling?
(a) free of temptations
(b) more aware of the temptations
(c) unaware of temptations
(d) experimenting with temptations

5. What does Teresa prescribe instead of memorized prayers?
(a) written out prayers
(b) requests for specific needs
(c) spoken prayer with self-examination
(d) prayers accompanied by the Rosary

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the book written?

2. Why is Teresa undertaking the writing of this book?

3. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?

4. Where is the Carmelite Convent of St. Joseph's

5. Where does Teresa say her words come from?

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