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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. The author states that people can only move on the ladder when they have a feeling of what for themselves?
(a) Strength.
(b) Pride.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Forgiveness.

2. What happens when the soul has a more complete purging, according to the author?
(a) The better of a chance to enter heaven.
(b) The closer to God a being will become.
(c) The more likely to sin.
(d) The better of a chance to backslide.

3. St. John explains that beginners who have pride become impatient with whom?
(a) God and themselves.
(b) Friends.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Loved ones.

4. The seven deadly sins are recognized by what Christian community?
(a) The Pentecostal Church.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The Baptist Church.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

5. The example the author uses about purification illustrates an understanding of what concept?
(a) The strengthening of the spirit by God's wrath.
(b) The strengthening of the soul by sin.
(c) The purging of the spirit by leaving behind sin.
(d) The purging of the soul by divine love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?

3. In Book II, Chapter XVII, who is given the knowledge of the divine?

4. What do beginning Christians feel happens when they grow in faith and deal with suffering for God's sake, according to Book I, Chapter IX?

5. In Dark Night of the Soul, what does the soul wait for in the second night of darkness?

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