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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. In Book I, Chapter VII, what do beginners do when they hear others being praised?
(a) They praise the others as well.
(b) They get angry at God.
(c) They get angry at those being praised.
(d) They devalue the praise.

2. In Book II, Chapter XII, what--more than understanding--will be imparted to the soul because of the will of God?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Repentance.
(c) Sin.
(d) Love.

3. 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 perfect.
(c) More sinful.
(d) More desirable by God.

4. According to St. John, what kind of day is it when a man searches for God in a divine way instead of a human way?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Sad.

5. What two things cannot exist in the same person?
(a) Desire and goodwill.
(b) The divine and the natural.
(c) Guilt and pride.
(d) God and the devil.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the author, why must the soul forget all forms of natural love?

5. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?

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