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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapter VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do beginners have to go through to increase their strength and lose their imperfections, according to Book I, Chapter 1?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A dark night.
(c) Death.
(d) A journey through heaven.

2. On what does the author expound, in Book I, Chapter XI?
(a) God's message to himself.
(b) The work of another author.
(c) The poem from the prologue.
(d) A Bible verse.

3. In Book I, Chapter II, what sin do beginners exhibit when they choose leaders who agree with their views?
(a) Greed.
(b) Avarice.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Pride.

4. St. Johns states that believers react to God similarly to what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) The sun and the moon.
(d) Changing wind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what part of the body does the dark night allow man to be free?

2. What is the topic of the prologue?

3. St. John explains that beginners who have pride become impatient with whom?

4. The soul starts to develop a habit of what during the dark night, as stated in Book I, Chapter XIII?

5. Beside the feelings of poverty, what is necessary to completely purge the spirit?

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