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

2. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?
(a) God's love.
(b) The soul.
(c) The sensual.
(d) Spiritual luxury.

3. The seven deadly sins are recognized by what Christian community?
(a) The Pentecostal Church.
(b) The Baptist Church.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

4. What is the term given to a spiritual experience beyond words?
(a) Ineffable.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Unimaginable.
(d) Futile.

5. What step of the ladder feels like heaven on earth?
(a) First.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Ninth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to St. John, what kind of day is it when a man searches for God in a divine way instead of a human way?

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

4. What does the author call things that stop the human soul from seeking God?

5. St. John says that in periods of affliction during the dark night, the soul may feel as if what will never go away?

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