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

2. What does Teresa recognize is the only thing that can pull her from her God?

3. What is Teresa's analogy regarding the Seventh Dwelling?

4. What does Teresa say God gives her to remember this visit?

5. What does Teresa say a good adviser will know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What encouragement to her sisters does Teresa use to conclude her book?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Even at this high state, what caution does Teresa offer?

10. What tokens does Teresa say God gives to help recall the raptures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the value of analogies in explaining certain points. Select a topic and give an example of how an analogy makes your point about that topic easier to understand. For example, building a career might be analogous to building a house, starting with the foundation of a good education.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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