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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. Why does the soul become secure after passing through the dark night, according to St. John?
(a) It has become strong in sin.
(b) It has forgiven God's mistakes.
(c) It has become like God.
(d) It has found itself.

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

3. When is a person supposed to start climbing the secret ladder?
(a) After death.
(b) When first believing in God.
(c) After passing through the dark night.
(d) Directly after birth.

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

5. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?
(a) The sensual.
(b) Mortal sin.
(c) Anger.
(d) The soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the devil uses against beginners who have pride?

2. What is another name for avarice?

3. The author says that the first step on the ladder is similar to the way a person acts when they are in the early stage of what?

4. What authors quote a state of pain so extreme for the soul it can find no comfort?

5. St. John writes that souls on earth are purged with the fire of what?

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