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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. Who is the writer of the letters in this volume?

2. Where did he receive an education?

3. With what does he end up having after the war?

4. For how long does he have this after the war?

5. Where should one seek God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lawrence say about misery?

2. Where does Brother Lawrence first work?

3. Why does Lawrence enter the monastery?

4. When does the first conversation take place? How is Lawrence converted?

5. What does Beaufort remember about Lawrence?

6. Who is Joseph de Beaufort? When are Lawrence's works published?

7. How does one achieve the presence of God in sanctity?

8. What does Brother Lawrence do after this first job?

9. What must one do the maintain the presence of God?

10. In what war does Brother Lawrence fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lawrence discusses faith.

Part 1) What does Lawrence say about faith? Why is faith important?

Part 2) How does Lawrence's view of faith reinforce his other beliefs?

Part 3) What are the steps to spiritual fulfillment? What is faith's connection to other steps in the process of spiritual fulfillment?

Essay Topic 2

One should live only for God.

Part 1) Why should one live only for God? How can one live only for God?

Part 2) How are Lawrence's feelings of dependency connected to the belief that one should live only for God?

Part 3) How might this attitude affect one's life? Would your life be the same if you adopted this belief? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

God's presence is the Christian's job.

Part 1) How is this the Christian's job? Why is this the Christian's job?

Part 2) What does this say about the importance of God's presence? What does this also say about the importance of work?

Part 3) Is there a point where this job could end? Why or why not?

Part 4) Is this the only job of a Christian? Why or why not? If there are others jobs required for Christians, what might those be? What might Lawrence think about these jobs? Why?

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