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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He tells the recipient that one must pray for what?
(a) The needs of others as well as thanksgiving for suffering.
(b) His own needs as with thanksgiving for suffering.
(c) Thanksgiving for suffering.
(d) Needs as well as with thanksgiving for suffering.

2. Where does Lawrence seek to please God?
(a) In very few aspects of life.
(b) In every aspect of life.
(c) In most aspects of life.
(d) In some aspects of his life.

3. Does Lawrence's Christian life begin the way these people explain?
(a) Almost.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Somewhat.

4. How does Lawrence describe God as ruler?
(a) Sweet and kind.
(b) Demanding and fearsome.
(c) Merciful and benevolent.
(d) Harsh and cruel.

5. How does Lawrence learn God's plan for him?
(a) He talks to a priest.
(b) With much prayer and contemplation.
(c) He sees it in a sign.
(d) He dreams it.

6. Man can commune with God where?
(a) With other Christians.
(b) With a priest.
(c) In church.
(d) Anywhere.

7. By what did Lawrence feel hindered?
(a) A sense of fear of death.
(b) A sense of impending doom.
(c) A sense of confusion.
(d) A sense of loneliness.

8. Does the recipient of the first letter honor Lawrence's wishes?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not at first.
(d) No.

9. How old is the person Brother Lawrence addresses?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty-four.
(d) Fifty.

10. What aids in the development of a disciplined mind?
(a) Honest confession to God.
(b) Faith.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sleep.

11. How can one get to know this person?
(a) By talking to a priest.
(b) By spending much time in meditation on God.
(c) By meeting with a counselor.
(d) By reading the Bible.

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

13. What does Lawrence say about one's inclination?
(a) To be nervous at the end of one's life.
(b) To pray more often as one ages.
(c) To work harder before death.
(d) To slack off from one's personal disciplines.

14. For whom does Lawrence advise the recipient to live?
(a) Himself.
(b) His country.
(c) God.
(d) His family.

15. What does one need to continue to do regarding one's mind?
(a) Guide it.
(b) Discipline it.
(c) Heal it.
(d) Open it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. He admonishes the man about what?

3. How does Lawrence begin his first letter?

4. What does Lawrence see as a key to his happiness and success?

5. For how long does this extended metaphor continue?

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