View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Guyon says you must turn _____________ to find the Lord, and continues to warn against allowing the mind to wander.
(a) Toward.
(b) Away.
(c) Inward.
(d) Outward.

2. How long should one be willing to wait in a specific place?
(a) For a few hours.
(b) For a few moments.
(c) As long as you sense the Lord there.
(d) For a day.

3. Guyon says that once you have come to a point of a regular prayer life, it's time to do what?
(a) Take a break.
(b) Turn back.
(c) Set off on a new path.
(d) Stay the course.

4. What does Guyon warn about godliness?
(a) It cannot be achieved by man.
(b) It must come from within in order to be lasting and true.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It will send one to Hell.

5. What should be severed?
(a) The senses.
(b) One's requests regarding the senses.
(c) One's connection with others.
(d) Attention to the senses.

6. What does Guyon say the reader must do, like the Lord?
(a) Be kind.
(b) Love others.
(c) Accept the cross.
(d) Enjoy the good times.

7. The moment you feel God's presence lessening, what should you do?
(a) You must call a priest.
(b) You must sit still.
(c) You must go to church.
(d) You must call to Him or offer words of love or joy.

8. What does "Your will be done" mean?
(a) You pray that your desires will be met.
(b) You pray that you will want what God wants.
(c) You pray that God will allow your will to be done.
(d) You pray that God will allow you to love Him.

9. Does turning inward require practice?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) For some people.
(d) No.

10. What do others call a "prayer of simplicity?"
(a) Quiet hope.
(b) Faith and stillness.
(c) Faith and quiet.
(d) Peace and quiet.

11. How does Guyon use food to explain the next step?
(a) Food is not as important as feeding the soul.
(b) Food is of no use to the body unless swallowed.
(c) Too much prayer, like too much food, can be bad.
(d) Food can be both good and bad for you, like ways to approach the Lord.

12. Why does the author write a chapter for those who cannot read?
(a) Some people at the time of the writing of this book were illiterate.
(b) Illiteracy still exists at the time of the writing.
(c) Illiteracy is common at the time of the writing.
(d) Young children are illiterate.

13. What action will meld your desires with that of the Lord?
(a) Thinking about your desires.
(b) Closing your mind.
(c) Praying to God to answer your prayers.
(d) Plunging one's desires into the will of the Lord.

14. All things come from the Lord with the exception of what?
(a) Your ideas.
(b) Your own sinfulness.
(c) Your clothes.
(d) Your food.

15. Putting aside a couple of times each day for dedicated prayer is what?
(a) A step that should be followed by all.
(b) Impossible to do.
(c) Expected.
(d) A first step.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person who follows this method will naturally be far removed from what?

2. When focusing on overcoming this aspect, you are making them _________________ to overcome.

3. What does Guyon repeatedly say about one's mind?

4. One's relationship with God will do what?

5. Guyon predicts that carefully following the course of study she suggests will do what to one's prayer life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 596 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample