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

2. In Book I, Chapter VII, what do beginners do when they hear others being praised?
(a) They get angry at those being praised.
(b) They get angry at God.
(c) They praise the others as well.
(d) They devalue the praise.

3. The dark night refers to the darkness of what?
(a) Human sin.
(b) Natural senses.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) Human guilt.

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

5. St. John writes that souls on earth are purged with the fire of what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Love.
(c) Sin.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?

2. The soul starts to develop a habit of what during the dark night, as stated in Book I, Chapter XIII?

3. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?

4. In Book II, Chapter XII, what does the spirit of wisdom and love also affects?

5. In Book II, Chapter IX, what will a person become as he goes through a harder labor and more severe pain?

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