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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lawrence end the letter?
(a) With thanks to God for blessing his life.
(b) With love and peace for the recipient.
(c) With thanks to his friend.
(d) With a prayer for his friend.

2. With what does letter nine begin?
(a) A prayer for the needy.
(b) A convesational tone.
(c) A request by Brother Lawrence.
(d) A supplication from Brother Lawrence.

3. What do times of fasting or abstinence cause a man to do?
(a) Call to God.
(b) Worry about his life.
(c) Rely on God in new and extended ways.
(d) Suffer needlessly.

4. What does Lawrence finally decide regarding his love for God?
(a) A negative outcome lessens his love for God.
(b) A positive outcome lessens his love for God.
(c) A positive outcome does not lessen his love for God.
(d) A negative outcome does not lessen his love for God.

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lawrence learn God's plan for him?

2. What does the life Lawrence suggests do to sin?

3. How does Lawrence begin his life?

4. Keeping a rein on one's mind all the time helps what?

5. How does Lawrence begin his first letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Letter 9 begin?

2. How does Lawrence see God? How does he see himself, compared to God?

3. How does Lawrence handle sin? What is sin, according to Lawrence?

4. How does Letter 2 open?

5. When should a man commune with God? Why might he believe this?

6. Why does Lawrence have a sense of impending doom?

7. What does Lawrence tell the recipient of Letter 9?

8. How can someone really sense the need he or she has for God?

9. How does Lawrence view himself, which reflects his view that God is his judge?

10. Why does Lawrence put more pressure on the man the commune with God?

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