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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without passing through the dark night, the author says that people are still what of their natural desires and wants?
(a) Free.
(b) Addicted.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Brothers.

2. In what form is the image of the spiritual ladder first found in the Bible?
(a) A lie.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A joke.
(d) A dream.

3. 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) Spiritual imperfections.
(b) The seven deadly sins.
(c) Mortal sin.
(d) Habitual imperfections.

4. In Dark Night of the Soul during the dark night, the soul learns that by itself it is what?
(a) Worthless to the devil.
(b) Sinful and guilty.
(c) Weak and miserable.
(d) Strong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the soul uncertain of finding its way out in the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter VII?

2. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?

3. In Book I, Chapter X, what can people become if they do not recognize they are going through the dark night?

4. How does the soul change during the dark night?

5. The author says that the first step on the ladder is similar to the way a person acts when they are in the early stage of what?

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