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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. The author says the severity of the trials of a person going through the dark night depends on what?
(a) The age of the person.
(b) The strength of the person's soul and faith.
(c) The severity of the person's sin.
(d) The wealth the person can offer the church.

2. According to the author, why must the soul forget all forms of natural love?
(a) To be reminded of sin.
(b) To reflect the state of a baby.
(c) To appreciate divine love.
(d) To become more like God.

3. What two things cannot exist in the same person?
(a) Guilt and pride.
(b) Desire and goodwill.
(c) The divine and the natural.
(d) God and the devil.

4. What does the soul become enkindled with during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter X?
(a) Revulsion to faith.
(b) Repentance of sin.
(c) The weight of sin.
(d) The love of God.

5. What is the reason for the disturbances within a man during the dark night, according to Book II, Chapter VIII?
(a) Readiness for a life sacrifice.
(b) Man's destiny to suffer.
(c) Readiness for a union with God.
(d) The payment for sins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is disturbed by divine purgation, according to Book II, Chapter VIII?

3. In Book I, Chapter VIII, what does the second night purify?

4. How does the soul change during the dark night?

5. St. Johns states that believers react to God similarly to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. In Book II, Chapter VIII, why is the inability to pray or the feeling that prayers are not reaching God in the dark night not a problem?

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

7. In Book I, Chapter XII, what is the main benefit for the soul as it travels through the night of darkness?

8. 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?

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

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

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