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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) Reflections.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Firelight.
(d) Moonlight.

2. In Dark Night of the Soul, with what do slothful Christians have trouble aligning themselves?
(a) A pure heart.
(b) Sin.
(c) Hard work.
(d) God's will.

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

4. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?
(a) The soul.
(b) Mortal sin.
(c) Anger.
(d) The sensual.

5. What is the reason for the disturbances within a man during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter VIII?
(a) Readiness for a life sacrifice.
(b) The payment for sins.
(c) Readiness for a union with God.
(d) Man's destiny to suffer.

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

7. In Dark Night of the Soul, the power of hell would have no power over the soul if there were no what in the human soul?
(a) Desire for sin.
(b) Spark of humanity.
(c) Hope of God.
(d) Imperfections.

8. According to St. John, one going through the dark night does not experience pleasure in what?
(a) Anything spiritual.
(b) Anything physical.
(c) Anything spiritual or physical.
(d) Committing sin.

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

10. When entering into the dark night, what does God cause the soul of the person to simply desire, according to Book I, Chapter IX?
(a) The love of God and others.
(b) The company of a spiritual leader.
(c) Peace and nature.
(d) Quiet and to be alone.

11. 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) Mortal sin.
(c) Habitual imperfections.
(d) The seven deadly sins.

12. The soul starts to develop a habit of what during the dark night, as stated in Book I, Chapter XIII?
(a) Peaceful sleep.
(b) Identifying sin.
(c) Strong temptation of sin.
(d) Remembrance of God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the topic of the prologue?

3. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?

4. St. John says that in periods of affliction during the dark night, the soul may feel as if what will never go away?

5. Beginners suffering from gluttony will find it hard to travel the "Road of" what, according to St. John?

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