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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. What is the title of the poem that is introduced in the prologue?
(a) "Song of the Soul."
(b) "The Stanzas of the Soul."
(c) "Song of Songs."
(d) "Mount Carmel."

2. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?
(a) Sin.
(b) Hard work.
(c) A pure heart.
(d) God's will.

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

4. 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) They no longer believe in their faith.
(c) God draws closer to them.
(d) God suddenly abandons them.

5. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?
(a) Sensual purgation.
(b) Spiritual purgation.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Divine wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the prologue?

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

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

4. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?

5. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?

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