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

2. When choosing a passage of scripture, what does Guyon recommend?

3. She says that anyone who follows this path of prayer and abandonment can achieve what?

4. In loving the Lord, you will want to do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Guyon say about loving the Lord?

2. What does Guyon say regarding the reason why one might come to seek a relationship with God?

3. What does Guyon say about the ability to turn inward to find Christ?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Guyon say about godliness?

9. What does Guyon warn about overcoming selfish desires?

10. What happens when one looks inwardly for God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An entire chapter is given to those who cannot read.

Part 1) Why is this chapter important during the time in which this book was written? Is it still important today? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does she suggest for the illiterate? If this is true, why do those who are literate need the Bible?

Part 3) Do you agree with Guyon in regards to the directions she gives the illiterate?

Essay Topic 2

There is a "second level of prayers" that may be used equally by both the educated and uneducated.

Part 1) What is this "second level of prayers?" How is this useful to all?

Part 2) How is this the next step? What does this reveal about Guyon's belief about the process of prayer?

Part 3) How is this "faith and stillness" beneficial? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Guyon gives two options for coming to Christ.

Part 1) What are these two options? How might she have come upon these two options?

Part 2) Why might these options be so important to Guyon?

Part 3) Do you agree that these two options are the only ways to come to Christ? Why or why not?

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