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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 else is also natural, according to Guyon?

2. To what does "Your will be done" refer?

3. What action will meld your desires with that of the Lord?

4. Can you expect comfort to come from man?

5. She says that only who is of any value?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Guyon say when one has come to a point of a regular prayer life?

2. What warning does Guyon give regarding those who give themselves during a good time?

3. How does Guyon quote St. Augustine?

4. What does Guyon say about "dry spells"?

5. What does Guyon say about what God will do for those with longings?

6. How does Guyon use the Bible to prove that one must be willing to love through hardships?

7. What is one way a beginner could come to Christ?

8. Those who follow her suggestions for overcoming selfish desires and the sense will accomplish what?

9. How must one's abandonment go one step further?

10. What does "Your will be done" mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One can gain godliness.

Part 1) What is godliness? How can one gain godliness?

Part 2) How might a person know when he or she has gained godliness?

Part 3) Why would one want to gain godliness? How might this affect one's life? How would godliness affect your own life?

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

Guyon turns to the topic of inward activities as opposed to outward actions.

Part 1) What are inward activities? What are outward activities?

Part 2) Why does she turn to inward activities? What does she find wrong and outward activities? When are outward activities useful?

Part 3) How might the development of inward activities influence one's outward activities?

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