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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 II, Chapter IV, what is purged on the second night of darkness?
(a) Only the sensual part of the soul.
(b) All unclean thoughts.
(c) Both parts of the soul together.
(d) All mortal sins.

2. The purging of the soul in the feeling of poverty is compared to what in Book II, Chapter VI?
(a) Metal in fire.
(b) The sun and the stars.
(c) Wood in fire.
(d) A rebirth.

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

4. St. John writes that a person experiencing the dark night might feel as if who has abandoned him?
(a) His friends.
(b) His children.
(c) His family.
(d) Neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?

2. During the dark night according to the author, when attachments are stripped away, a Christian might feel as if what is happening?

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

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

5. When does the deadening of a person to the presence of sin get refreshed, according to the author?

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