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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. To what does St. John compare a new Christian?
(a) A weed.
(b) A dying flower.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A new baby.

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

3. According to St. John, one going through the dark night does not experience pleasure in what?
(a) Anything spiritual or physical.
(b) Anything spiritual.
(c) Committing sin.
(d) Anything physical.

4. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?
(a) God's will.
(b) A pure heart.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Sin.

5. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?
(a) Abolished.
(b) Immortalized.
(c) Punished.
(d) Strengthened.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter IV, what is purged on the second night of darkness?

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

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

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

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