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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe as the reason for the underlying pain of the soul in preparation with a union with God?
(a) The underlying impurity of the soul.
(b) The balance of the world.
(c) The payment of sin.
(d) God's demands of revenge.

2. Beginners suffering from gluttony will find it hard to travel the "Road of" what, according to St. John?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Sin.
(d) Purity.

3. When the souls on earth are purged, with what do they become infused, according to Book II, Chapter XII?
(a) Guilt and suffering.
(b) Love and wisdom.
(c) Grace and redemption.
(d) Freedom and pain.

4. What does St. John say a man has that will impede the process of unifying with God?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Sin.
(d) Debts.

5. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?
(a) God's will.
(b) Sin.
(c) A pure heart.
(d) Hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spirit of a man search for in the darkness?

2. What two things cannot exist in the same person?

3. According to St. John, what kind of day is it when a man searches for God in a divine way instead of a human way?

4. What does the soul find in the dark night that it must face, according to Book II, Chapter IX?

5. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?

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