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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. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?
(a) Mortal sin.
(b) The soul.
(c) The sensual.
(d) Anger.

2. What does God feed new beginners according to the author?
(a) Spiritual milk.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Bread.
(d) Water.

3. During the dark night according to the author, when attachments are stripped away, a Christian might feel as if what is happening?
(a) Being burned alive.
(b) Being eaten by a huge beast.
(c) Being very sick.
(d) Being free and flying.

4. 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?
(a) In the grave.
(b) Hell.
(c) On the sun.
(d) In a torture chamber.

5. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a man searches for God in a divine way, the spirit and the soul of that person are transformed into what, according to Book II, Chapter V?

3. St. Johns states that believers react to God similarly to what?

4. It is necessary for the spirit and the sensual portion of man to be separated in order for what to happen, according to Book II, Chapter III?

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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