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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapter VIII | Book I, Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that impure thoughts from spiritual luxury are a result of the pleasure humans find in what?
(a) Dance.
(b) Lust for others.
(c) Spiritual things.
(d) Earthly things.

2. What do beginning Christians feel happens when they grow in faith and deal with suffering for God's sake, according to Book I, Chapter IX?
(a) Their sins worsen.
(b) God draws closer to them.
(c) They no longer believe in their faith.
(d) God suddenly abandons them.

3. In Book I, Chapter III, what is the rosary made of?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Animal teeth.
(c) Spines of a fish.
(d) Gold.

4. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?
(a) The person is lazy.
(b) There is no monetary gain.
(c) The pleasure fades.
(d) There is no further instruction from God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does St. John compare a new Christian?

2. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?

3. In Book I, Chapter II, what sin do beginners exhibit when they choose leaders who agree with their views?

4. In Book I, Chapter VI, what sin are new believers said to be especially prone to because of its sweetness?

5. In Book I, Chapter V, beginners fall victim to wrath when they lets the sins of other do what?

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