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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Dark Night of the Soul, what does the soul wait for in the second night of darkness?
(a) God's forgiveness.
(b) God's instructions.
(c) The emergence of sin.
(d) Inner peace.

3. In Book II, Chapter IX, what is required for a man to possess for his soul to be illuminated with divine light?
(a) A speck of spiritual knowledge.
(b) Holy water.
(c) Wealth.
(d) God's favor.

4. 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) A new person.
(b) The likeness of God.
(c) A sinner.
(d) An innocent child.

5. What is the title of the poem that is introduced in the prologue?
(a) "The Stanzas of the Soul."
(b) "Mount Carmel."
(c) "Song of the Soul."
(d) "Song of Songs."

6. In Book I, Chapter XII, the soul develops a fear of what during the dark night?
(a) Other's love.
(b) God's love.
(c) Temptation.
(d) Backsliding.

7. St. John says that it becomes clear which parts are purified and which are still not purified during what time in the dark night?
(a) The end.
(b) Periods of rest.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The darkest point.

8. In Book II, Chapter I, what does the beginning Christian become after passing through the dark night?
(a) A proficient Christian.
(b) A priest.
(c) A baptized person.
(d) A sinless and perfect soul.

9. In Dark Night of the Soul during the dark night, the soul learns that by itself it is what?
(a) Weak and miserable.
(b) Sinful and guilty.
(c) Strong.
(d) Worthless to the devil.

10. What do beginners have to go through to increase their strength and lose their imperfections, according to Book I, Chapter 1?
(a) A dark night.
(b) A baptism.
(c) Death.
(d) A journey through heaven.

11. The dark night refers to the darkness of what?
(a) Human guilt.
(b) Human sin.
(c) Natural senses.
(d) The end of the world.

12. A peaceful time with God will spark the spirit of what, according to the author?
(a) Peace.
(b) God's mercy.
(c) Contempt for sin.
(d) Love in the soul.

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

14. 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?
(a) Spiritual imperfections.
(b) The seven deadly sins.
(c) Habitual imperfections.
(d) Mortal sin.

15. St. John explains that beginners who have pride become impatient with whom?
(a) Loved ones.
(b) Friends.
(c) God and themselves.
(d) Neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the soul find in the dark night that it must face, according to Book II, Chapter IX?

2. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?

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

4. The example the author uses about purification illustrates an understanding of what concept?

5. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?

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