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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After doing something wrong, what amazes Teresa?

2. What, does Teresa say, is the distinction between this rapture and the last in Dwelling Five?

3. About what does Teresa suggest getting advice if one is commanded to do something during the Sixth Dwelling experience?

4. What does she come to know by sight that the Church only knows by faith?

5. How does Teresa explain the passage through the dwellings that happen for others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What limitation is on the marriage Teresa speaks of in the Seventh Dwelling?

2. What revelation comes to Teresa at the center of herself while in communion with God?

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

4. What admission does Teresa make regarding the hearing of voices?

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

6. How has joy given Teresa a kind of death?

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

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

9. Describe the metaphor of the ember in preparing one for marriage to God.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the value of holding onto convictions. In this essay you are not speaking exclusively about religious convictions. Define what happens to a person who behaves in a contradictory way to any values he or she holds to be right. These values may be ethical, political, or religious.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on skepticism. State your opinion on the value of being skeptical about anything seen or heard for the first time. Discuss in your essay why there is so much skepticism around things religious. Conclude your essay with an argument on whether skepticism is good or bad.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing Teresa with Joan of Arc who was burned at the stake for hearing voices giving her instruction for liberating her people. Teresa skirts that same issue in her book by warning her sisters to be careful about telling their mystic experiences to others and by her relief that her instruction now comes more quietly and less often in public. In your essay show how reaction to mysticism has historically been marked by superstition and prejudice.

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