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

2. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?
(a) God's love.
(b) The sensual.
(c) Spiritual luxury.
(d) The soul.

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

4. 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?
(a) They no longer believe in their faith.
(b) God suddenly abandons them.
(c) God draws closer to them.
(d) Their sins worsen.

5. What does the author describe as the reason for the underlying pain of the soul in preparation with a union with God?
(a) God's demands of revenge.
(b) The balance of the world.
(c) The payment of sin.
(d) The underlying impurity of the soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two things cannot exist in the same person?

3. What example does the author use to describe divine light?

4. St. John says that it becomes clear which parts are purified and which are still not purified during what time in the dark night?

5. St. John writes that because of the goodness of God's divine wisdom, the soul actually feels as if it is being what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Book I, Chapter XI, what is the Christian's new desire upon being ignited with the spirit of love?

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

5. How must a believer react when first realizing he has entered the dark night, according to Book I, Chapter X?

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

7. 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.

8. 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?

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

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