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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the devil uses against beginners who have pride?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Money.
(d) Lust.

2. When entering into the dark night, what does God cause the soul of the person to simply desire, according to Book I, Chapter IX?
(a) Quiet and to be alone.
(b) The company of a spiritual leader.
(c) The love of God and others.
(d) Peace and nature.

3. What does God want to do with those who go through the most intense darkness of the dark night?
(a) Sacrifice them.
(b) Purge all sin.
(c) Bring them closer.
(d) Abandon them.

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

5. As described in Book II, Chapter II, what are deeply rooted in the spirit of a person and must be removed by the purging of the soul?
(a) Mortal sin.
(b) The seven deadly sins.
(c) Spiritual imperfections.
(d) Habitual imperfections.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter IX, what is required for a man to possess for his soul to be illuminated with divine light?

2. The purging of the soul in the feeling of poverty is compared to what in Book II, Chapter VI?

3. In Dark Night of the Soul during the dark night, the soul learns that by itself it is what?

4. What happens when there are periods of rest for the soul during the dark night?

5. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?

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