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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 step of the ladder feels like heaven on earth?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) First.
(d) Fourth.
2. What happens on the first step of the ladder, according to Book II, Chapter XIX?
(a) Sin takes over the soul.
(b) The spirit battles the soul.
(c) The soul swoons for God.
(d) God punishes the soul.
3. Why, according to St. John, does God give the devil access to the life of a believing Christian?
(a) God is uncaring.
(b) To go to war with evil.
(c) To give an equal chance at allegiance.
(d) God has no control over the devil.
4. Who else can descend and ascend upon the spiritual ladder besides men, according to Book II, Chapter XIII?
(a) Angels.
(b) Children.
(c) Animals.
(d) Devils.
5. What does the second property of passing through the dark night allow the soul to see in the darkness, according to Book II, Chapter XXV?
(a) Everyone else's heart.
(b) All the traps of sin.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing but God.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the author conclude his work?
2. What does the author explain about his work in Book II, Chapter XXII?
3. What is the purpose for writing Dark Night of the Soul that St. John describes?
4. In what kind of way would the soul respond to God's love if the senses were not numbed?
5. Who does the author use as an example of the yearning for God that takes place in the second night of darkness?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does St. John of the Cross use Mary Magdalene as an example of a soul passing through the second night of darkness?
2. How can a soul reach the final step on the secret ladder? What happens on this step?
3. In Book II, Chapter XVIII, how does the soul move upon the spiritual ladder?
4. Why is the experience of the dark night and the spiritual ladder called "secret," as explained by the author?
5. As discussed in Book II, Chapter XXIV, when will the soul finally find peace and rest? Why?
6. What did God do with Job during the dark night that allowed the devil access to his life, as explained by the author?
7. Why does a soul have to wear a disguise as it ascends the secret ladder?
8. In Book II, Chapter XXI, what are the colors of the disguise of the soul on the secret ladder, and what do they represent?
9. In Book II, Chapter XV, why does the soul praise the darkness that causes so much pain?
10. In Book II, Chapter XIX, what happens on the first three steps of love on the secret ladder?
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