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

2. What is the title of the poem that is introduced in the prologue?
(a) "Song of Songs."
(b) "Song of the Soul."
(c) "Mount Carmel."
(d) "The Stanzas of the Soul."

3. During the dark night, what does the Christian want to do when the spirit of blasphemy descends, according to Book I, Chapter XIV?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Speak out in tongues.
(c) Obey all of God's commands.
(d) Speak out loud, blasphemous statements.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a type of pain felt during the dark night that is really not a problem, according to St. John?

3. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does St. John say a person changes when his spirit becomes united with God and how does his understanding of love change?

2. Why must the soul face the darkness even though there is only misery there, as described in Book II, Chapter IX?

3. What does the author say is the sign that the dark night has begun?

4. How does God determine how severe a person's trial will be through the dark night?

5. In Book I, Chapter XI, what is the Christian's new desire upon being ignited with the spirit of love?

6. How must a believer react when first realizing he has entered the dark night, according to Book I, Chapter X?

7. How does the author compare the use of fire to the purification process a person experiences during the dark night?

8. What is the difference between a symptom of the dark night from sin and actually going through the dark night, according to St. John?

9. Describe how the devil uses spiritual activity to place an impure thought in a believer's head, as described in Dark Night of the Soul.

10. What happens during the first night of the dark night, as discussed in Book II, Chapter III?

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