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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?
(a) The pleasure fades.
(b) The person is lazy.
(c) There is no monetary gain.
(d) There is no further instruction from God.

4. 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) Habitual imperfections.
(b) The seven deadly sins.
(c) Spiritual imperfections.
(d) Mortal sin.

5. Who is the author of Dark Night of the Soul?
(a) St. Patrick.
(b) St. Ignatius.
(c) St. Michael.
(d) St. John.

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

7. The author says the severity of the trials of a person going through the dark night depends on what?
(a) The strength of the person's soul and faith.
(b) The wealth the person can offer the church.
(c) The severity of the person's sin.
(d) The age of the person.

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

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

10. What does the author say is a problem for the soul, especially in divine activities?
(a) Lack of faith.
(b) The lure of sin.
(c) Keeping secrets from God.
(d) Distraction.

11. What does St. John say a man has that will impede the process of unifying with God?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Debts.
(c) Sin.
(d) Lack of education.

12. St. John says that in periods of affliction during the dark night, the soul may feel as if what will never go away?
(a) Pain.
(b) God.
(c) Sin.
(d) Anger.

13. What does the author describe as the reason for the underlying pain of the soul in preparation with a union with God?
(a) God's demands of revenge.
(b) The underlying impurity of the soul.
(c) The balance of the world.
(d) The payment of sin.

14. In Book II, Chapter IX, what will a person become as he goes through a harder labor and more severe pain?
(a) Less perfect.
(b) More sinful.
(c) More desirable by God.
(d) More perfect.

15. 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) A sinner.
(c) The likeness of God.
(d) An innocent child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not encouraged to grow in a sensual friendship, according to Book I, Chapter IV?

2. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?

3. St. John says that it becomes clear which parts are purified and which are still not purified during what time in the dark night?

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

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

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