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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book I, Chapter X, what can people become if they do not recognize they are going through the dark night?
(a) More sinful.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Discouraged.
(d) Angry.

2. What happens when the soul has a more complete purging, according to the author?
(a) The better of a chance to enter heaven.
(b) The closer to God a being will become.
(c) The more likely to sin.
(d) The better of a chance to backslide.

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

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

5. What two things cannot exist in the same person?
(a) Desire and goodwill.
(b) Guilt and pride.
(c) God and the devil.
(d) The divine and the natural.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what are the spirits in purgatory purged?

2. In Book II, Chapter VII, what will souls not believe when experiencing a dark night with so much pain?

3. When entering into the dark night, what does God cause the soul of the person to simply desire, according to Book I, Chapter IX?

4. According to St. John, what does the spirit of those who enter the dark night feel?

5. Who is the author of Dark Night of the Soul?

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