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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When choosing a passage of scripture, what does Guyon recommend?
(a) A passage that a priest would recommend.
(b) A passage that is simple and practical.
(c) A passage that is long and meaningful.
(d) A passage that is popular.

2. Guyon defines abandonment as what?
(a) Being left behind.
(b) Being the giving up of all needs.
(c) Being the giving up of oneself.
(d) Being the giving up of God.

3. Guyon concludes the chapter by questioning what?
(a) The reason you come to seek this relationship with God.
(b) The reason God should accept you.
(c) The reason you are reading this book.
(d) The reason you decided to become a Christian.

4. Jeanne Guyon begins by saying that some people believe they can never be truly close to Jesus Christ. Does she agree?
(a) Maybe.
(b) In certain circumstances.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

5. The moment you feel God's presence lessening, what should you do?
(a) You must sit still.
(b) You must call a priest.
(c) You must go to church.
(d) You must call to Him or offer words of love or joy.

6. What is Guyon's warning regarding the imagination?
(a) It will be destroyed.
(b) It is always dangerous.
(c) It will still be active.
(d) It is powerful.

7. Is self-denial the answer for overcoming this aspect of ourselves that has been discussed in # 83?
(a) Often.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

8. Once the Presence is fully before you again, you must do what?
(a) Call to Him.
(b) Call a priest.
(c) Go to mass.
(d) Be quiet and listen.

9. All things come from the Lord with the exception of what?
(a) Your own sinfulness.
(b) Your food.
(c) Your clothes.
(d) Your ideas.

10. What does Guyon say the reader must do, like the Lord?
(a) Be kind.
(b) Love others.
(c) Accept the cross.
(d) Enjoy the good times.

11. Guyon says that you might come to him seeking "real food," which is also acceptable and may be accomplished with what?
(a) Buying and eating unlevened bread.
(b) The Eucharist.
(c) A prayer of your own.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

12. Guyon predicts that carefully following the course of study she suggests will do what to one's prayer life?
(a) It will make it a part of one's day.
(b) It will make is tedious.
(c) It will make it rich.
(d) It will make it more important.

13. Who does Guyon quote saying, "Love, then do what you please?"
(a) St. Paul.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Ezekiel.

14. Guyon says that you should realize that _______________________________ are what God wants for you, and that you should realize that everything else in your life is also what God wants for you.
(a) The "glorious" prayer times.
(b) The "glorious" prayer times and those dry spells.
(c) Your own desires.
(d) Those dry spells.

15. A passage of Scripture can be used as a way to quiet the mind and allow what?
(a) God to listen to you.
(b) You to speak your mind to the Lord.
(c) You to stand in the presence of the Lord.
(d) The Lord to answer your prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the prayer life Guyon describes simple to attain?

2. Who says that he wasted time during his early days of Christianity in trying to find the Lord outwardly?

3. Guyon asks you to consider whether you really want to give your life to the Lord, reminding you of what?

4. Guyon says that the Lord Jesus loved His Father on Mt. Tabor where He was transfigured, but He loved Him no less where?

5. Does Guyon believe the Lord wants to reveal Himself to you?

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