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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapter XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that people can only move on the ladder when they have a feeling of what for themselves?
(a) Strength.
(b) Pride.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Forgiveness.

2. According to St. John, what replaces spiritual anxiety after passing through the dark night?
(a) Purposefulness.
(b) Peacefulness.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Guilt.

3. St. John says that it becomes clear which parts are purified and which are still not purified during what time in the dark night?
(a) Periods of rest.
(b) The darkest point.
(c) The end.
(d) The beginning.

4. In what form is the image of the spiritual ladder first found in the Bible?
(a) A joke.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A dream.
(d) A lie.

5. What does God want to do with those who go through the most intense darkness of the dark night?
(a) Bring them closer.
(b) Abandon them.
(c) Sacrifice them.
(d) Purge all sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?

2. The author says the severity of the trials of a person going through the dark night depends on what?

3. What is the example the author uses in describing the way the purification process works?

4. In Dark Night of the Soul, the power of hell would have no power over the soul if there were no what in the human soul?

5. Who else can descend and ascend upon the spiritual ladder besides men, according to Book II, Chapter XIII?

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