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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter XI, when will the soul seek God?
(a) From birth.
(b) After death.
(c) After enkindlement.
(d) After God's punishment.

2. How does the soul change during the dark night?
(a) It experiences a holy event.
(b) It becomes ready for heaven.
(c) It "grows up."
(d) It becomes "soft."

3. How does the author compare God's trail as He leads the soul on the journey through the dark night?
(a) A dive off a cliff.
(b) A walk on the sea.
(c) The circle of life.
(d) The flight of a bird.

4. In Book I, Chapter VII, what do beginners do when they hear others being praised?
(a) They get angry at those being praised.
(b) They get angry at God.
(c) They praise the others as well.
(d) They devalue the praise.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Dark Night of the Soul during the dark night, the soul learns that by itself it is what?

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

4. What is the term given to a spiritual experience beyond words?

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

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