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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 says the severity of the trials of a person going through the dark night depends on what?
(a) The wealth the person can offer the church.
(b) The age of the person.
(c) The strength of the person's soul and faith.
(d) The severity of the person's sin.

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

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

4. What directions can men take upon the secret ladder, as described in Book II, Chapter XVIII?
(a) From earth to hell.
(b) Side to side.
(c) From earth to heaven.
(d) Ascension and descension.

5. 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) The beginning.
(b) Periods of rest.
(c) The end.
(d) The darkest point.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many important points are made in Book II, Chapter X, about the purification process?

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

3. 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?

4. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?

5. The example the author uses about purification illustrates an understanding of what concept?

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