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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lawrence begin letter six?
(a) In an unusual way.
(b) By saying a prayer.
(c) By asking a question.
(d) In a conversational way.

2. What does Lawrence see as a key to his happiness and success?
(a) Beginning life in the interest in God's desires phase.
(b) Beginning life in the fear of punishment phase.
(c) Beginning life in the need for attention phase.
(d) Beginning life in the love motivation phase.

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

4. What else does he reject of the church?
(a) Sola fide.
(b) Scripted prayers.
(c) Sola scriptura.
(d) Liturgy.

5. Does any new advice remain under the sun?
(a) Most likely.
(b) Probably not.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

7. For Lawrence, the presence of God exists how?
(a) Nearby.
(b) In the church.
(c) Nearly as a tangible thing.
(d) In his heart.

8. 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.

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

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

11. Despite one's desperate needs, where does God remain?
(a) On earth.
(b) In church.
(c) Close by.
(d) In heaven.

12. What needs attention for one's whole life?
(a) The disciplining of one's mind.
(b) Understanding the mind.
(c) Making the mind peaceful.
(d) The opening of the mind.

13. To whom are the contents of number 130 sent?
(a) The recipient of letter nine.
(b) The recipient of letter eight.
(c) The recipient of letter six.
(d) The recipient of letter seven.

14. Of what must one be aware regarding God?
(a) His wrath.
(b) His omnipresence.
(c) His hope.
(d) His love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what did Lawrence feel hindered?

2. How does Lawrence view himself?

3. What does Lawrence admonish the recipient to do?

4. What can times of fasting or abstinence express?

5. How old is the person Brother Lawrence addresses?

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