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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. How many important points are made in Book II, Chapter X, about the purification process?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What is the example the author uses in describing the way the purification process works?
(a) The burning rays of the sun.
(b) The changing seasons.
(c) The burning of a log in a fire.
(d) The chopping down of a tree.

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

4. In Book II, Chapter I, what does the beginning Christian become after passing through the dark night?
(a) A priest.
(b) A proficient Christian.
(c) A baptized person.
(d) A sinless and perfect soul.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God want to do with those who go through the most intense darkness of the dark night?

2. 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?

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

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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