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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapter VIII | Book I, Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Dark Night of the Soul?
(a) St. Ignatius.
(b) St. Michael.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Patrick.

2. According to St. John, what happens when beginners try to build their own spirituality instead of waiting on God?
(a) They begin to feel like they no longer need God.
(b) They succeed.
(c) They become frustrated with the progress.
(d) They begin to influence other into sin.

3. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?
(a) Sensual purgation.
(b) Spiritual purgation.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Divine wisdom.

4. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?
(a) The soul.
(b) The sensual.
(c) Spiritual luxury.
(d) God's love.

5. In Book I, Chapter VI, what sin are new believers said to be especially prone to because of its sweetness?
(a) Greed.
(b) Avarice.
(c) Lust.
(d) Gluttony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?

3. St. John explains that beginners who have pride become impatient with whom?

4. The author states that impure thoughts from spiritual luxury are a result of the pleasure humans find in what?

5. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?

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