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

2. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?
(a) The weight of sin.
(b) Revulsion to faith.
(c) The love of God.
(d) Repentance of sin.

3. Beginners suffering from gluttony will find it hard to travel the "Road of" what, according to St. John?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Sin.
(c) Purity.
(d) The Devil.

4. According to St. John, what happens when beginners try to build their own spirituality instead of waiting on God?
(a) They begin to influence other into sin.
(b) They begin to feel like they no longer need God.
(c) They become frustrated with the progress.
(d) They succeed.

5. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?
(a) Fits of insanity.
(b) A perverse or giddy spirit.
(c) A desire for secrets.
(d) A feeling of inner peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for avarice?

2. The author states that impure thoughts from spiritual luxury are a result of the pleasure humans find in what?

3. In Book I, Chapter XII, the soul develops a fear of what during the dark night?

4. A peaceful time with God will spark the spirit of what, according to the author?

5. What is the theme of Book I, Chapter IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Dark Night of the Soul, what is spiritual sloth?

2. What are the symptoms of the sin of pride, according to St. John?

3. In Dark Night of the Soul, what is the difference between habitual imperfections and actual imperfections?

4. What are the three types of pain that result from human and divine meeting in one, as discussed in Book II, Chapter VI?

5. What is the purpose of the Dark Night of the Soul as described in the prologue?

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

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

10. In Book II, Chapter V, what reasons are given for the dark night to be named "dark" and not "light"?

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