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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. St. John's use of writing about a spiritual ladder as a path to unification with God is an example of what?
(a) Acronym.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Foreshadowing.

2. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
(a) Spiritual exercises.
(b) Having sexual affairs.
(c) Collecting money.
(d) Being angry at others.

3. In Book II, Chapter XII, what does the spirit of wisdom and love also affects?
(a) The universe.
(b) Angel's souls.
(c) The earth.
(d) Animals.

4. What are souls on the sixth step granted, according to St. John?
(a) Magical powers.
(b) Things which they ask for.
(c) Immense wealth.
(d) Eternal life.

5. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?
(a) Abolished.
(b) Punished.
(c) Strengthened.
(d) Immortalized.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. St. John says that the dark night causes the soul to gain a healthy respect for what?

4. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?

5. In Dark Night of the Soul, the soul praises the darkness from which it has escaped what?

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