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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. That author writes that during the dark night while purging the soul, a Christian might feel so much pain that is seems as he is where?
(a) In the grave.
(b) Hell.
(c) In a torture chamber.
(d) On the sun.

2. In Book II, Chapter IV, what is purged on the second night of darkness?
(a) All unclean thoughts.
(b) Only the sensual part of the soul.
(c) Both parts of the soul together.
(d) All mortal sins.

3. 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) Remembrance of God.
(d) Strong temptation of sin.

4. In Dark Night of the Soul, what does the soul wait for in the second night of darkness?
(a) Inner peace.
(b) The emergence of sin.
(c) God's forgiveness.
(d) God's instructions.

5. According to St. John, what does the spirit of those who enter the dark night feel?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Guilt.
(c) God's desire.
(d) The weight of sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man searches for God in a divine way, the spirit and the soul of that person are transformed into what, according to Book II, Chapter V?

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

3. In Book II, Chapter IX, what is required for a man to possess for his soul to be illuminated with divine light?

4. What do beginners have to go through to increase their strength and lose their imperfections, according to Book I, Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does a soul feel while experiencing the dark night and what happens during any period of rest in the dark night in Book II, Chapter VII?

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

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

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

8. In Book II, Chapter X, how does the divine fire of God teach about the state of souls in purgatory?

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

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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