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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not encouraged to grow in a sensual friendship, according to Book I, Chapter IV?
(a) Understanding for the other person.
(b) Love for others.
(c) The love of God.
(d) True relationships.

2. Why is the soul uncertain of finding its way out in the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter VII?
(a) God has given no direction.
(b) It does not know goodness.
(c) It wants to remain sinful.
(d) It remembers its evils.

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

4. What is the theme of Book I, Chapter IV?
(a) Faith and money.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) Lack of faith.
(d) Spiritual luxury.

5. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
(a) Being angry at others.
(b) Spiritual exercises.
(c) Having sexual affairs.
(d) Collecting money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Beside the feelings of poverty, what is necessary to completely purge the spirit?

3. As described in Book II, Chapter II, what are deeply rooted in the spirit of a person and must be removed by the purging of the soul?

4. What is disturbed by divine purgation, according to Book II, Chapter VIII?

5. The soul starts to develop a habit of what during the dark night, as stated in Book I, Chapter XIII?

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