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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a believer wear to protect his thoughts from the desires of the world?
(a) A helmet.
(b) A black cloak.
(c) The hat of salvation.
(d) A scarf tied around the head.

2. According to Book II, Chapter XIV, why does the soul speak these lines: "I went forth without being observed / My house being now at rest"?
(a) Out of happiness.
(b) Out of remorse.
(c) Out of guilt.
(d) Out of sadness.

3. In what other way does the author describe the passions of man being at rest?
(a) Tortured.
(b) Asleep.
(c) Aroused.
(d) Imprisoned.

4. From what does the garment of hope protect the soul, according to Book II, Chapter XXI?
(a) Things of the world.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) The seven deadly sins.
(d) God's love.

5. In Book II, Chapter XI, when will the soul seek God?
(a) From birth.
(b) After death.
(c) After enkindlement.
(d) After God's punishment.

6. Who does the author cite as someone who has seen the spiritual ladder?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jeremias.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Jacob.

7. In Book II, Chapter XII, what does the spirit of wisdom and love also affects?
(a) Angel's souls.
(b) The earth.
(c) Animals.
(d) The universe.

8. In Book II, Chapter XI, the soul would miss the spiritual love and affection of what if it was to go away?
(a) The threat of evil.
(b) The fire of the Spirit.
(c) The guild of sin.
(d) The demands of the earthly world.

9. The soul must endure periods of trial, testing, and what else to reach its final state of union with God as described by St. John?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Purification.
(c) Condemnation.
(d) Damnation.

10. What holds the soul in bondage?
(a) Human thought.
(b) God.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) The devil and the senses.

11. With what are the spirits in purgatory purged?
(a) Real fire.
(b) Sin.
(c) God's love.
(d) Water.

12. In Book II, Chapter XI, the author writes about the depth and power of what?
(a) God's vengeance.
(b) Earthly evil.
(c) Sin.
(d) The Spirit of God.

13. When the souls on earth are purged, with what do they become infused, according to Book II, Chapter XII?
(a) Grace and redemption.
(b) Guilt and suffering.
(c) Love and wisdom.
(d) Freedom and pain.

14. According to St. John, what two states does a person have to pass through to realize a state of perfection with God?
(a) Infant and newborn.
(b) Immortal and divine.
(c) Beginner and proficient.
(d) Believer and sinner.

15. In Book II, Chapter XXIII, why is the soul traveling in concealment through the dark night?
(a) To protect itself from God's anger.
(b) To hide from the devil.
(c) To deceive peers.
(d) To sneak into heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object represents the passions of the natural man, according to Book II, Chapter XIV?

2. Why, according to St. John, does God give the devil access to the life of a believing Christian?

3. In Dark Night of the Soul, the soul praises the darkness from which it has escaped what?

4. In Book II, Chapter XIII, the author states that love is felt by what?

5. What directions can men take upon the secret ladder, as described in Book II, Chapter XVIII?

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