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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 example does the author use to describe divine light?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Firelight.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Reflections.
2. In Dark Night of the Soul, what does the soul wait for in the second night of darkness?
(a) God's forgiveness.
(b) The emergence of sin.
(c) God's instructions.
(d) Inner peace.
3. What does St. John say happens after a person is involved in spiritual activities for wrath to enter into a beginner's life?
(a) There is no monetary gain.
(b) The person is lazy.
(c) The pleasure fades.
(d) There is no further instruction from God.
4. From what part of the body does the dark night allow man to be free?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The mind.
(c) The heart.
(d) The lower half.
5. St. John says that the dark night causes the soul to gain a healthy respect for what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Others.
(c) Itself.
(d) God.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Book II, Chapter VII, what will souls not believe when experiencing a dark night with so much pain?
2. What does St. John say a man has that will impede the process of unifying with God?
3. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?
4. According to St. John, one going through the dark night does not experience pleasure in what?
5. Who is the author of Dark Night of the Soul?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three types of pain that result from human and divine meeting in one, as discussed in Book II, Chapter VI?
2. What is the purpose of the Dark Night of the Soul as described in the prologue?
3. 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?
4. How must a believer react when first realizing he has entered the dark night, according to Book I, Chapter X?
5. How does God determine how severe a person's trial will be through the dark night?
6. In Book I, Chapter VI, why are new believers especially prone to the sin of gluttony?
7. How does the author compare the use of fire to the purification process a person experiences during the dark night?
8. How does the author compare divine light to sunlight?
9. 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?
10. Why must the soul face the darkness even though there is only misery there, as described in Book II, Chapter IX?
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