Dark Night of the Soul Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dark Night of the Soul Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As described in Book II, Chapter II, what are deeply rooted in the spirit of a person and must be removed by the purging of the soul?
(a) Spiritual imperfections.
(b) The seven deadly sins.
(c) Mortal sin.
(d) Habitual imperfections.

2. 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 draws closer to them.
(c) God suddenly abandons them.
(d) Their sins worsen.

3. On what does the author expound, in Book I, Chapter XI?
(a) The poem from the prologue.
(b) A Bible verse.
(c) The work of another author.
(d) God's message to himself.

4. What is the name of the sin that occurs when a beginner hears another being praised and wants the praise for himself?
(a) Greed.
(b) Spiritual luxury.
(c) Spiritual envy.
(d) Impure heart.

5. St. John says that the dark night causes the soul to gain a healthy respect for what?
(a) Others.
(b) Itself.
(c) Sin.
(d) God.

6. In Book II, Chapter IX, what will a person become as he goes through a harder labor and more severe pain?
(a) Less perfect.
(b) More perfect.
(c) More desirable by God.
(d) More sinful.

7. What is a type of pain felt during the dark night that is really not a problem, according to St. John?
(a) The desire to reject God.
(b) The pain of guilt.
(c) The inability to pray.
(d) The need to sin.

8. What is the topic of the prologue?
(a) The purpose of the book.
(b) A history of the Bible.
(c) Other authors' works.
(d) The biography of the author.

9. In Book I, Chapter VI, what sin are new believers said to be especially prone to because of its sweetness?
(a) Greed.
(b) Lust.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Gluttony.

10. What example does the author use to describe divine light?
(a) Firelight.
(b) Reflections.
(c) Moonlight.
(d) Sunlight.

11. Beside the feelings of poverty, what is necessary to completely purge the spirit?
(a) Wretchedness.
(b) Elation.
(c) Unfaithfulness.
(d) Revulsion.

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

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

14. What is the theme of Book I, Chapter IV?
(a) Lack of faith.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) Spiritual luxury.
(d) Faith and money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbolism is used to describe how the dark night dries up sensual pleasure?

2. St. John says that almost all beginners will experience what?

3. What happens when there are periods of rest for the soul during the dark night?

4. 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?

5. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?

(see the answer keys)

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