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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is it good for the rich to desire more wealth?
(a) when the intention is virtuous
(b) when the idea is someone else's
(c) when it is easy to do
(d) when times get difficult

2. What is a second metaphor of spiritual consolation?
(a) bubbleing springs that tinkle like bells
(b) bird sogn that lifts the spirit
(c) sweet music that comes from on high
(d) a fragrance that originates deep in the soul

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

4. What must the formerly rich man do when he is reduced to poverty?
(a) take up a new religion
(b) to maintain faith that God works wisely for his good
(c) curse God and die
(d) realize that he has sinned

5. From where does Teresa say consolations come?
(a) from purely human endeavors
(b) from spiritual superiors
(c) from great sorrow
(d) from publication of books

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teresa the one ordered to write the book on prayer for women?

2. How does she refer to God?

3. What does she say is at the center of the castle?

4. How does Teresa say a soul with excessive humility can see itself?

5. How does Teresa identify a period of spiritual aridity?

(see the answer key)

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