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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does the author use to describe divine light?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Reflections.
(c) Moonlight.
(d) Firelight.

2. According to the author, why must the soul forget all forms of natural love?
(a) To appreciate divine love.
(b) To become more like God.
(c) To be reminded of sin.
(d) To reflect the state of a baby.

3. Beginners suffering from gluttony will find it hard to travel the "Road of" what, according to St. John?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Purity.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Sin.

4. In Book I, Chapter V, beginners fall victim to wrath when they lets the sins of other do what?
(a) Irritate them.
(b) Influence decisions.
(c) Continue.
(d) Enter their lives.

5. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?
(a) The sensual.
(b) The soul.
(c) God's love.
(d) Spiritual luxury.

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

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

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

9. 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 remembers its evils.
(d) It wants to remain sinful.

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

11. According to St. John, what happens when beginners try to build their own spirituality instead of waiting on God?
(a) They succeed.
(b) They become frustrated with the progress.
(c) They begin to feel like they no longer need God.
(d) They begin to influence other into sin.

12. What is a type of pain felt during the dark night that is really not a problem, according to St. John?
(a) The inability to pray.
(b) The desire to reject God.
(c) The pain of guilt.
(d) The need to sin.

13. St. Johns states that believers react to God similarly to what?
(a) Children.
(b) The sun and the moon.
(c) Animals.
(d) Changing wind.

14. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

15. In Book II, Chapter VII, what will souls not believe when experiencing a dark night with so much pain?
(a) God loves them.
(b) The balance of nature.
(c) The guilt of sin.
(d) The duty of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of Book I, Chapter IV?

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

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

4. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?

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

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