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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a man searches for God in a divine way, the spirit and the soul of that person are transformed into what, according to Book II, Chapter V?
(a) A sinner.
(b) An innocent child.
(c) The likeness of God.
(d) A new person.

2. 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.

3. What is another name for avarice?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Lust.
(c) Greed.
(d) Anger.

4. St. Johns states that believers react to God similarly to what?
(a) The sun and the moon.
(b) Children.
(c) Changing wind.
(d) Animals.

5. Without passing through the dark night, the author says that people are still what of their natural desires and wants?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Free.
(c) Addicted.
(d) Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the soul become secure after passing through the dark night, according to St. John?

2. To what can the fifth step of the ladder of love be compared?

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

4. What does the soul do on the sixth step of the ladder of love, according to Book II, Chapter XX?

5. According to St. John, people who have never experienced a dark night do not understand what this feels like?

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