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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. What do those closest to God experience?
(a) avoidance of all trials
(b) the greatest doubt
(c) the most severe trials
(d) freedom from temptation

2. How does Teresa qualify the marriage?
(a) as something that cannot be fully realized in this life
(b) as something that happens often
(c) as something that repeats itself three times to be real
(d) as something that does not really happen

3. Why does Teresa return to the analogy of the butterfly as she discusses the effects of her marriage?
(a) to explain how she comes to rest
(b) to explain how she got there
(c) to explain she has now died of happiness
(d) to explain how she is dressed

4. What does Teresa recognize is the only thing that can pull her from her God?
(a) the Inquisition
(b) her spiritual advisers
(c) Satan
(d) herself

5. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?
(a) this one makes living much more painful
(b) this one is painful when it happens
(c) this one is faster
(d) this one is harder to return from

Short Answer Questions

1. If a voice she hears causes her to linger in worship and increases her devotion, what conclusion does Teresa draw?

2. What does Teresa classify as intellectual visions?

3. What does Teresa recognize when she experiences a soul-filling fragrance?

4. For what purpose does Teresa describe the crystal and the memory of the image of its beauty?

5. What is the Beloved doing as she enters the Seventh Dwelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa have to say about tears that spring form the raptures?

2. What does Teresa say about remaining humble in light of the temporary nature of the world?

3. What are the beneficial effects of spiritual pain on the earthly body?

4. What does Teresa identify as a reward for enduring trials of the Sixth Dwelling?

5. How does one recognize a vision not from God?

6. What recommendation does Teresa make regarding commands that will affect others?

7. Describe the esoteric talisman Teresa uses as an analogy to one's faith.

8. What is a recommendation of Teresa's on meditation?

9. What is the comfort at the Sixth Dwelling level of intimacy with God?

10. What is the experience in the rapture that requires bravery?

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