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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the shortness of life remaining for both men, Lawrence does what?
(a) Expresses his thoughts very clearly.
(b) Encourages the man to take care of himself.
(c) Points out the greater need for communion with God.
(d) Tells the man of heaven.

2. What does Lawrence reject of the church?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The creeds.
(c) The routines.
(d) The priesthood.

3. He admonishes the man about what?
(a) The importance of love.
(b) The importance of faith.
(c) The importance of praying in all things.
(d) The importance of thankingGod.

4. How does Lawrence begin his life?
(a) In the interest in God's desires phase.
(b) In the need for attention phase.
(c) In the love motivation phase.
(d) In the fear of punishment phase.

5. What does the person who needs help desire?
(a) To be a better person.
(b) To have more faith.
(c) To become famous.
(d) To achieve holiness faster than is appropriate.

6. What does the life Lawrence suggests do to sin?
(a) It scares it away.
(b) It stops it.
(c) It encourages it.
(d) It hinders it.

7. In this letter, how does Lawrence see God?
(a) As his friend.
(b) As his judge.
(c) As his father.
(d) As his counselor.

8. When does one need to focus?
(a) In times of devotion and prayer.
(b) When God is present.
(c) In church.
(d) Around temptations.

9. What does this revelation do for Lawrence?
(a) It fills his life with more worries.
(b) It fills his life with a renewed sense of peace.
(c) It fills his life with complications.
(d) It fills him with fear.

10. According to Lawrence, "We may make a chapel out of __________."
(a) Our home.
(b) Our heart.
(c) the Church.
(d) Our friends.

11. How do these people believe a Christian's life moves?
(a) To a life of a need for attention.
(b) To a life of interest in God's desires.
(c) To a life of hope for a better ending with actions motivated by love alone.
(d) To a life of fear of punishment.

12. What does Lawrence do instead during those times?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He spends those times and more in devotion.
(c) He eats.
(d) He goes for a walk.

13. For how long does this extended metaphor continue?
(a) For a paragraph.
(b) For several paragraphs.
(c) For two paragraphs
(d) For a few sentences.

14. How does Lawrence define sin?
(a) As anything contrary to God's plan for his life.
(b) As anything that hurts others.
(c) As anything contrary to the desires of the Church.
(d) As anything that goes against the Ten Commandments.

15. What anxiety did these negative feelings bring?
(a) Anxiety about suffering.
(b) Anxiety about life after death.
(c) Anxiety about other's pain.
(d) Anxiety about God's feelings for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does any new advice remain under the sun?

2. What needs attention for one's whole life?

3. How does Lawrence begin letter six?

4. Why does Lawrence begin his first letter in this way?

5. Does the recipient of the first letter honor Lawrence's wishes?

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