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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the theme of Book I, Chapter IV?
(a) Spiritual luxury.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) Faith and money.
(d) Lack of faith.
2. What does God feed new beginners according to the author?
(a) Spiritual milk.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Water.
(d) Bread.
3. During the dark night according to the author, when attachments are stripped away, a Christian might feel as if what is happening?
(a) Being free and flying.
(b) Being very sick.
(c) Being eaten by a huge beast.
(d) Being burned alive.
4. In Book II, Chapter IX, what is required for a man to possess for his soul to be illuminated with divine light?
(a) God's favor.
(b) A speck of spiritual knowledge.
(c) Holy water.
(d) Wealth.
5. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?
(a) Spiritual luxury.
(b) The sensual.
(c) God's love.
(d) The soul.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to St. John, what happens when beginners try to build their own spirituality instead of waiting on God?
2. Beside the feelings of poverty, what is necessary to completely purge the spirit?
3. According to St. John, one going through the dark night does not experience pleasure in what?
4. What is another name for avarice?
5. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why must the soul face the darkness even though there is only misery there, as described in Book II, Chapter IX?
2. What are the three types of pain that result from human and divine meeting in one, as discussed in Book II, Chapter VI?
3. What are some of the benefits described in Book I, Chapter XIII of a soul that has been purified by the dark night?
4. What does the author say is the sign that the dark night has begun?
5. What does St. John say causes the sin of wrath and how does a believer allow this to become a sin in his life?
6. In Dark Night of the Soul, what is the difference between habitual imperfections and actual imperfections?
7. How does a Christian feel during the three kinds of pain that afflict him when the divine and human meet in one during the dark night, according to the author?
8. How does the author describe the condition of beginners on their journey of faith?
9. In Book I, Chapter XI, what is the Christian's new desire upon being ignited with the spirit of love?
10. Why does the author quote the sufferings of Job and Jeremias in Book II, Chapter VII?
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