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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. 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) Inner peace.
(d) God's instructions.

2. What might descend upon a Christian while he is going through the dark night, as described in the final chapter of Book I?
(a) Fits of insanity.
(b) A desire for secrets.
(c) A perverse or giddy spirit.
(d) A feeling of inner peace.

3. Where do the afflictions of the second night of darkness affect a man, as stated in Book II, Chapter VII?
(a) In his love for God.
(b) In his sensual areas.
(c) In his will and soul.
(d) In his passion for sin.

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

5. St. John writes that a person experiencing the dark night might feel as if who has abandoned him?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) His friends.
(c) His children.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of Dark Night of the Soul?

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

4. What is the title of the poem that is introduced in the prologue?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. In Dark Night of the Soul, what is spiritual sloth?

5. What does St. John say causes the sin of wrath and how does a believer allow this to become a sin in his life?

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

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 the author describe the condition of beginners on their journey of faith?

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

10. How does the author compare divine light to sunlight?

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