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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the spirit of a man search for in the darkness?
(a) God.
(b) His soul.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) His soulmate.

2. How does the soul change during the dark night?
(a) It becomes ready for heaven.
(b) It becomes "soft."
(c) It "grows up."
(d) It experiences a holy event.

3. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
(a) Being angry at others.
(b) Spiritual exercises.
(c) Having sexual affairs.
(d) Collecting money.

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

5. In Dark Night of the Soul, what does the soul wait for in the second night of darkness?
(a) God's instructions.
(b) Inner peace.
(c) The emergence of sin.
(d) God's forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter XII, what does the spirit of wisdom and love also affects?

2. In Book I, Chapter VI, what sin are new believers said to be especially prone to because of its sweetness?

3. St. John writes that souls on earth are purged with the fire of what?

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

5. The dark night refers to the darkness of what?

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