View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vision does Teresa have that gives her the idea of how to proceed with the book?
(a) a vision of prayer
(b) a vision of a winding road
(c) a vision of a castle
(d) a vision of St. Joseph

2. What sign does the bride give that she is ready for union with God?
(a) She crawls on her hands and knees.
(b) She covers her head when she prays.
(c) She keeps her eyes lowered at all times.
(d) She removes herself from the possibility of error.

3. What does Teresa say about good deeds that only glorify the person who does them?
(a) They bring recognition from God.
(b) They yield no lasting good.
(c) They are the only way to do good.
(d) They help the person find humility.

4. What is it when the soul retreats from the senses and begins to rebuild the temple where it can go to worship?
(a) the Lord's Prayer
(b) the Prayer of Recollection
(c) the Prayer of the Faithful
(d) the Prayer of Contrition

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is her fear of not being in alignment with the Mother Church?

2. What does Teresa say about the servants of an earthly King?

3. What troubles Teresa as she is about to start writing?

4. After the Fifth Dwelling experience, what is the supplicant's new attitude?

5. What, according to Teresa, is the value of continuously reflecting on one's own character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caution does Teresa offer about imagining one has gifts from God that have not actually been bestowed?

2. What is Teresa's feeling after leaving the Prayer of Union?

3. How does Teresa describe establishing and maintaining intimacy with God?

4. How does Teresa classify the greatest need in gaining a high level of intimacy with God?

5. How has Teresa handled fear and weakness on her part in the past?

6. What lament does Teresa offer for those who never experience a relationship with God?

7. How does Teresa define spiritual consolations?

8. Briefly summarize the pain of the Fifth Dwelling.

9. What does Teresa have to say about expectations and rewards for service to God?

10. How does Teresa describe the Prayer of Union?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 881 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample