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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 Guyon's warning regarding the imagination?

2. The moment you feel God's presence lessening, what should you do?

3. Guyon concludes by reminding the reader what about the Lord?

4. What does Guyon say Christians must accept?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Guyon define abandonment?

5. What does Guyon say about godliness?

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

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

8. What does Guyon remind readers regarding the Lord's acceptance of the cross?

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

10. What does Guyon suggest for those who cannot read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Guyon warns against rituals.

Part 1) Describe some rituals of which Guyon speaks. Why does she warn against these?

Part 2) How might the Church feel about this warning? Why would it feel this way?

Part 3) What are your own thoughts about rituals? How do your beliefs compare to Guyon's.

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 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?

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