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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Teresa describe the bride of the Lord?
(a) a soul who sees the worth of her Lord
(b) a soul who has no physical desires
(c) a soul who seeks protection
(d) a soul who has new whte raiment

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

3. How does Teresa say the confirmation of the Prayer of Union is not determined?
(a) not the confirmation of what she calls half-learned men
(b) not the ability to recall past misdeeds
(c) not the empty feeling when one leaves
(d) not the confirmation of witnesses

4. 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 help the person find humility.
(d) They are the only way to do good.

5. To what does Teresa invite the sister who would enter the Fifth Dwelling?
(a) deliberate meditation on the beauty of that life and sacrifice
(b) certain herbs that enhance the experience
(c) lessons on finding the doorway
(d) communal prayer sessions to gain entrance

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Teresa suggest is the true test of the soul's capacity?

3. How does Teresa describe the silk worm nature of the pending change in the supplicant?

4. What does Teresa say she has never experienced?

5. What does Teresa say the mind will do if it is allowed to wander during prayer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Teresa's conclusion on how she will proceed with the writing?

2. What does Teresa have to say about inept spiritual advisers?

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

4. Explain how the seeker receives the spiritual sweetness.

5. Describe briefly the trial that accompanies arrival in the Sixth Dwelling.

6. Describe what Teresa saw in her vision about how to write the book?

7. What is Teresa's olfactory analogy for what she calls spiritual sweetness?

8. Briefly summarize the pain of the Fifth Dwelling.

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

10. What indicates Teresa's Christian mysticism as she begins her book?

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