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

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

3. What is St. John's purpose in using repetition throughout Dark Night of the Soul?
(a) To show his authority over the reader.
(b) To aid the reader's understanding.
(c) To show off his writing skills.
(d) To help the reader predict the next chapter's subject matter.

4. Beside the feelings of poverty, what is necessary to completely purge the spirit?
(a) Wretchedness.
(b) Unfaithfulness.
(c) Elation.
(d) Revulsion.

5. When a man searches for God in a divine way, the spirit and the soul of that person are transformed into what, according to Book II, Chapter V?
(a) The likeness of God.
(b) A sinner.
(c) An innocent child.
(d) A new person.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soul must endure periods of trial, testing, and what else to reach its final state of union with God as described by St. John?

2. What does God want to do with those who go through the most intense darkness of the dark night?

3. What does St. John say a man has that will impede the process of unifying with God?

4. St. John describes the soul feeling as if it is losing ground when in reality it is just doing what?

5. What is a type of pain felt during the dark night that is really not a problem, according to St. John?

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