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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When reading Scripture, how should one read?
(a) Clearly.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Quickly.

2. What should be severed?
(a) Attention to the senses.
(b) The senses.
(c) One's connection with others.
(d) One's requests regarding the senses.

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

4. What do others call a "prayer of simplicity?"
(a) Faith and stillness.
(b) Peace and quiet.
(c) Quiet hope.
(d) Faith and quiet.

5. What is another option for coming to Christ?
(a) Attending church services.
(b) Listening to a sermon.
(c) Beholding the Lord.
(d) Donating to charities.

6. She says that only who is of any value?
(a) Those who are able and willing to give themselves over fully forever.
(b) Those who try to give of themselves.
(c) Those who have gifts.
(d) Those who do God's work.

7. What does Guyon say is natural?
(a) You will never be strong in your acceptance.
(b) You will sometimes be strong in your acceptance.
(c) You will usually be strong in your acceptance.
(d) You will rarely be strong in your acceptance.

8. What does Guyon quote from Luke 17:21?
(a) The kingdom of God is within you.
(b) Vindicate me against my adversary.
(c) Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!
(d) But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

9. The person who follows this method will have a greater sense of what?
(a) One's own power.
(b) The Lord's power.
(c) The power the Lord has over others.
(d) Peace.

10. You can never fully overcome what?
(a) Your senses.
(b) Your choices.
(c) Your fears.
(d) Your needs.

11. What is the objective when reading Scripture?
(a) To understand God.
(b) To understand the rules of the church.
(c) To sense the full meaning of the Scripture.
(d) To prove to God you are serious.

12. To what kind of person will godliness come?
(a) The person who wants to be a god.
(b) Those who love the devil.
(c) Only the bad.
(d) The person who truly abandons himself to the Lord.

13. Guyon says that a closer walk with Jesus Christ will do what to selfish desires?
(a) They will grow stronger at first.
(b) They will no longer have the importance they once had.
(c) They will make them disappear.
(d) They will still be somewhat important.

14. About what are the "dry spells" Guyon warns?
(a) When you are thirsty.
(b) When you cannot seem to find the presence of the Lord.
(c) When you no longer believe in the Lord.
(d) Prior to becoming a Christian.

15. Does turning inward require practice?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) For some people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else is also natural, according to Guyon?

2. She quotes scriptures from ____________________ indicating that God will provide for needs, and presents the idea that this includes spiritual needs.

3. When focusing on overcoming this aspect, you are making them _________________ to overcome.

4. Guyon makes the point that a Christian must also be willing to love when?

5. What can overcome man's tendency to move from the Lord?

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