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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is her analogy of a person who does not pray?
(a) a double amputee
(b) a deaf person
(c) a blind person
(d) a quadraplegic

2. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?
(a) when proceeding faithfully is more work than gratification
(b) when the supplicant forgets to drink water
(c) when the words of prayer simply will not come
(d) when the time for prayer feels like a drudgery

3. What does Teresa say happens to those who dwell outside the castle?
(a) They are eaten by the dragons.
(b) They become like the creatures out there.
(c) They become blind in the drakness.
(d) They have to fight for their lives.

4. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?
(a) as only of value to other people
(b) as a lotus in a pond
(c) as unworthy of divine help
(d) as better than other people

5. What if someone makes elaborate sacrifice and asks special gifts from God?
(a) God is under no obligation to give.
(b) God is obligated to give in like kind.
(c) God will give more.
(d) God will give all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa say some souls react when God tests their strength and dependence on Him?

2. What do souls rightly handling spiritual trials do?

3. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?

4. What does Teresa say God will do for those who face the possibility of losing their reputations?

5. What is the condition Teresa describes in the Fifth Dwelling?

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