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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to St. John, what strong desire does a new Christian experience?
(a) A need for acceptance.
(b) The desire to be good.
(c) Sensual pleasure.
(d) A thirst for God.

2. What is another name for avarice?
(a) Anger.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Lust.
(d) Greed.

3. On what does the author expound, in Book I, Chapter XI?
(a) The poem from the prologue.
(b) The work of another author.
(c) God's message to himself.
(d) A Bible verse.

4. What is not encouraged to grow in a sensual friendship, according to Book I, Chapter IV?
(a) True relationships.
(b) Love for others.
(c) Understanding for the other person.
(d) The love of God.

5. What does God want to do with those who go through the most intense darkness of the dark night?
(a) Purge all sin.
(b) Abandon them.
(c) Bring them closer.
(d) Sacrifice them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spirit of a man search for in the darkness?

2. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?

3. That author writes that during the dark night while purging the soul, a Christian might feel so much pain that is seems as he is where?

4. According to St. John, one going through the dark night does not experience pleasure in what?

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

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