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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. How can one get to know this person?

2. For Lawrence, the presence of God exists how?

3. How does this letter close?

4. To achieve this lifestyle, a man must willingly do what?

5. In the opening of letter two, whose ideas does Lawrence describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lawrence personify the soul?

2. How does Lawrence sense God in his life?

3. What will aid one in having a disciplined mind?

4. How does Letter 2 open?

5. What does Lawrence tell the recipient of Letter 8 about new advice?

6. How does Lawrence close the letter?

7. How old is Lawrence at this point in the book? How old is the to whom he is writing?

8. How does Lawrence begin his first letter?

9. How does he use these negative feelings to help him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Lawrence views God as a judge.

Part 1) Why does he view God as a judge? How does Lawrence view himself? Why does he view himself in this way?

Part 2) As what kind of judge does Lawrence see God? Why? What does this mean for Lawrence's relationship with God?

Part 3) How does Lawrence's view of God as a judge compare to one's view of a human judge?

Part 4) How else does Lawrence view God? How does this create an overall picture for the reader of God?

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