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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?
(a) Repentance of sin.
(b) Revulsion to faith.
(c) The love of God.
(d) The weight of sin.

2. Who is cited as experiencing a life having been accessed by the devil?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Job.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Moses.

3. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?
(a) A feeling of inner peace.
(b) A desire for secrets.
(c) A perverse or giddy spirit.
(d) Fits of insanity.

4. St. John's use of writing about a spiritual ladder as a path to unification with God is an example of what?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Acronym.
(d) Allegory.

5. In Book II, Chapter IX, what will a person become as he goes through a harder labor and more severe pain?
(a) Less perfect.
(b) More sinful.
(c) More perfect.
(d) More desirable by God.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the secret ladder a reference, as mentioned in Book II, Chapter XV?

2. What is the title of the poem that is introduced in the prologue?

3. What does a believer wear to protect his thoughts from the desires of the world?

4. In Book I, Chapter V, beginners fall victim to wrath when they lets the sins of other do what?

5. When is a person supposed to start climbing the secret ladder?

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