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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are souls on the sixth step granted, according to St. John?
(a) Things which they ask for.
(b) Immense wealth.
(c) Magical powers.
(d) Eternal life.

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

4. In Book II, Chapter XVII, who is given the knowledge of the divine?
(a) Only priests.
(b) Not everyone.
(c) Everyone.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author compare God's trail as He leads the soul on the journey through the dark night?

2. Without passing through the dark night, the author says that people are still what of their natural desires and wants?

3. In Book II, Chapter VII, what will souls not believe when experiencing a dark night with so much pain?

4. In Book II, Chapter XII, what--more than understanding--will be imparted to the soul because of the will of God?

5. The example the author uses about purification illustrates an understanding of what concept?

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