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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. For whom is the ninth step on the ladder reserved, according to Book II, Chapter XX?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Female.
(c) Male.
(d) Perfect.

2. To what is the secret ladder a reference, as mentioned in Book II, Chapter XV?
(a) The ladder of living faith.
(b) The path to becoming like God.
(c) The ladder of sin.
(d) The stairs to heaven.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is another name for avarice?

4. What does St. John say a man has that will impede the process of unifying with God?

5. 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?

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