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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. During the dark night according to the author, when attachments are stripped away, a Christian might feel as if what is happening?
(a) Being very sick.
(b) Being eaten by a huge beast.
(c) Being burned alive.
(d) Being free and flying.

2. From what part of the body does the dark night allow man to be free?
(a) The heart.
(b) The mind.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The lower half.

3. According to St. John, what kind of day is it when a man searches for God in a divine way instead of a human way?
(a) Sad.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Happy.

4. 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) On the sun.
(b) In the grave.
(c) Hell.
(d) In a torture chamber.

5. St. John says that in periods of affliction during the dark night, the soul may feel as if what will never go away?
(a) Sin.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pain.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The seven deadly sins are recognized by what Christian community?

3. The purging of the soul in the feeling of poverty is compared to what in Book II, Chapter VI?

4. What does the spirit of a man search for in the darkness?

5. Where do the afflictions of the second night of darkness affect a man, as stated in Book II, Chapter VII?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As described in Book II, Chapter, I, can a person who has passed through the night of darkness still be afflicted with other periods of darkness? Why?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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