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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. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
(a) Spiritual exercises.
(b) Having sexual affairs.
(c) Being angry at others.
(d) Collecting money.

2. To what does St. John compare a new Christian?
(a) A dying flower.
(b) A new baby.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A weed.

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

4. From what part of the body does the dark night allow man to be free?
(a) The lower half.
(b) The mind.
(c) The heart.
(d) The eyes.

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?
(a) A sinner.
(b) The likeness of God.
(c) An innocent child.
(d) A new person.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. St. John writes that a person experiencing the dark night might feel as if who has abandoned him?

4. Beginners suffering from gluttony will find it hard to travel the "Road of" what, according to St. John?

5. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?

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