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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the spirit of a man search for in the darkness?
(a) His soul.
(b) God.
(c) His soulmate.
(d) Forgiveness.

3. The seven deadly sins are recognized by what Christian community?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Baptist Church.
(c) The Lutheran Church.
(d) The Pentecostal Church.

4. It is necessary for the spirit and the sensual portion of man to be separated in order for what to happen, according to Book II, Chapter III?
(a) The second night of darkness.
(b) An entrance into heaven.
(c) Baptism.
(d) God's forgiveness.

5. St. John explains that beginners who have pride become impatient with whom?
(a) Loved ones.
(b) God and themselves.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Friends.

6. What does the soul find in the dark night that it must face, according to Book II, Chapter IX?
(a) Misery.
(b) Joy.
(c) Evil.
(d) Guilt.

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

8. What is disturbed by divine purgation, according to Book II, Chapter VIII?
(a) Guilt.
(b) The sleep cycle.
(c) The power of sin.
(d) Memory.

9. In Book II, Chapter VI, how many kinds of pain result from the meeting of the divine and human?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

10. The soul starts to develop a habit of what during the dark night, as stated in Book I, Chapter XIII?
(a) Identifying sin.
(b) Peaceful sleep.
(c) Remembrance of God.
(d) Strong temptation of sin.

11. How many important points are made in Book II, Chapter X, about the purification process?
(a) Two.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven.

12. 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?
(a) The likeness of God.
(b) A new person.
(c) An innocent child.
(d) A sinner.

13. Gluttony is exhibited when believers go to extremes and will not stop what?
(a) Being angry at others.
(b) Collecting money.
(c) Having sexual affairs.
(d) Spiritual exercises.

14. 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 burned alive.
(c) Being free and flying.
(d) Being eaten by a huge beast.

15. When does the deadening of a person to the presence of sin get refreshed, according to the author?
(a) During a weekly fast.
(b) The first night of purging.
(c) Whenever in prayer with God.
(d) The second night of purging.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Chapter IV, what is purged on the second night of darkness?

2. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the first night purify?

3. St. John says that in periods of affliction during the dark night, the soul may feel as if what will never go away?

4. The author says the severity of the trials of a person going through the dark night depends on what?

5. In Book II, Chapter VII, what will souls not believe when experiencing a dark night with so much pain?

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