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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only belief that can bring a person to the point of desired closeness with Jesus?

2. The person who follows this method will have a greater sense of what?

3. Guyon warns against blaming who for specific circumstances?

4. What will a change in attitude do to your life?

5. Guyon defines abandonment as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Guyon say regarding the Lord's Prayer?

2. How might one overcome selfish desires, according to Guyon?

3. What dose Guyon say Gods wants for His people?

4. How does Guyon quote St. Augustine?

5. What does Guyon warn about one's imagination?

6. What happens when one looks inwardly for God?

7. What does Guyon remind readers regarding their gifts?

8. Does Jeanne Guyon believe anyone can be truly close to Jesus Christ? What does she say about this topic?

9. What is a second way a beginner could come to Christ?

10. How does one begin to abandon his or her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One must be submissive to the Lord.

Part 1) How can one be submissive to the Lord? Why is this required?

Part 2) Why is this difficult? Might it be more difficult in our own society to submit to another? Why or why not?

Part 3) When have you been submissive? Why were you submissive? Did this benefit you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Being close to Christ begins with a yielding of the heart.

Part 1) What is meant by being close to Christ? What is yielding of the heart?

Part 2) How can one's heart yield? What is the connection between this yielding and prayer?

Part 3) How is a prayer from the mind bad? What does she mean by a prayer from the mind?

Essay Topic 3

One can avoid temptation.

Part 1) Of what temptations does Guyon speak? How can these be avoided?

Part 2) How does Guyon illustrate how she suggests dealing with temptation? What are your thoughts about this? Does it adequately support her opinion about avoiding temptation? Why or why not?

Part 3) When have you avoided temptations? How did you go about doing this? What might Guyon think about this? Use the text to support your response.

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