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

2. The dark night refers to the darkness of what?
(a) Human sin.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) Human guilt.
(d) Natural senses.

3. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?
(a) Impure heart.
(b) Greed.
(c) Spiritual luxury.
(d) Spiritual envy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?

2. What do beginning Christians feel happens when they grow in faith and deal with suffering for God's sake, according to Book I, Chapter IX?

3. In Book II, Chapter IX, what will a person become as he goes through a harder labor and more severe pain?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Book I, Chapter III, what are the symptoms of the sin of avarice?

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

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

5. What are some of the benefits described in Book I, Chapter XIII of a soul that has been purified by the dark night?

6. In Book I, Chapter VI, why are new believers especially prone to the sin of gluttony?

7. What does St. John say must change in a person in order for the divine and the human to exist within the same person?

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

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

10. 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.

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