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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. What does Lawrence reject of the church?

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

3. What do times of fasting or abstinence cause a man to do?

4. How does Lawrence end this letter?

5. Whose law does Lawrence break?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Letter 2 open?

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

3. How does Letter 6 begin?

4. How is Lawrence's Christian path different from many spiritual advisers' descriptions?

5. What does Lawrence tell this man?

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

7. How does Lawrence personify the soul?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lawrence explains God's allowance of misery.

Part 1) According to Lawrence, why does God allow misery? What does this reveal about Lawrence's opinion of himself and others?

Part 2) How does this belief affect his opinion of misery and suffering? Is suffering easier to accept? Why or why not?

Part 3) Can misery and pain be avoided or eliminated from one's life? Why or why not? Would he want to have this suffering eliminated from his own life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Brother Lawrence was a soldier.

Part 1) In what war was he a soldier? What were his experiences as a soldier? How might his experiences compare to those of a soldier today? Why?

Part 2) Why might he have become a soldier? What does this reveal about Brother Lawrence? What does this also reveal about the time in which he lived?

Part 3) What happened to him during this war? How did this affect his decisions later in life? How might this have aided him when giving advice to others?

Essay Topic 3

Lawrence does not pray for his ill friend's healing.

Part 1) Why does he not pray for his ill friend's healing? Is this surprising? Why or why not?

Part 2) For what does he pray? Why is this more important than his friend's healing?

Part 3) How does this alter your attitude about suffering and illness? Is this attitude more helpful? Why or why not?

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