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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The purging of the soul in the feeling of poverty is compared to what in Book II, Chapter VI?
(a) Metal in fire.
(b) The sun and the stars.
(c) A rebirth.
(d) Wood in fire.

2. What is another name for avarice?
(a) Anger.
(b) Greed.
(c) Lust.
(d) Laziness.

3. What do beginning Christians feel happens when they grow in faith and deal with suffering for God's sake, according to Book I, Chapter IX?
(a) God draws closer to them.
(b) They no longer believe in their faith.
(c) God suddenly abandons them.
(d) Their sins worsen.

4. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?
(a) Divine wisdom.
(b) Spiritual purgation.
(c) Sensual purgation.
(d) Baptism.

5. What does the author say the devil uses against beginners who have pride?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Lust.
(d) Money.

6. In Book I, Chapter VI, what sin are new believers said to be especially prone to because of its sweetness?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Greed.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Lust.

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

8. According to St. John, what kind of day is it when a man searches for God in a divine way instead of a human way?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Sad.

9. What authors quote a state of pain so extreme for the soul it can find no comfort?
(a) Job and Jeremias.
(b) Jacob and Daniel.
(c) Mark and Luke.
(d) Isaiah and Peter.

10. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?
(a) Strengthened.
(b) Immortalized.
(c) Punished.
(d) Abolished.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?
(a) Spiritual luxury.
(b) Greed.
(c) Impure heart.
(d) Spiritual envy.

15. What does St. John say affects Christians in a way that they are easily swayed by their senses and see imaginary visions?
(a) Earthly pleasures.
(b) Actual imperfections.
(c) Spiritual luxury.
(d) God's punishments.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many important points are made in Book II, Chapter X, about the purification process?

2. St. John writes that a person experiencing the dark night might feel as if who has abandoned him?

3. What is the example the author uses in describing the way the purification process works?

4. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?

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

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