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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what are the "dry spells" Guyon warns?
(a) When you cannot seem to find the presence of the Lord.
(b) When you are thirsty.
(c) When you no longer believe in the Lord.
(d) Prior to becoming a Christian.

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

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

4. Guyon says there is a "second level of prayers" that may be used by whom?
(a) The clergy.
(b) The uneducated.
(c) The educated.
(d) Both the educated and uneducated.

5. What is one option for coming to Christ?
(a) Attending Catechism classes.
(b) Confessing to a priest.
(c) Praying the Scripture.
(d) Studying the Scripture.

6. A passage of Scripture can be used as a way to quiet the mind and allow what?
(a) You to stand in the presence of the Lord.
(b) The Lord to answer your prayers.
(c) God to listen to you.
(d) You to speak your mind to the Lord.

7. Guyon says that putting abandonment into practice begins by putting aside what?
(a) God's desires.
(b) Your family's desires.
(c) Some of your desires.
(d) Personal desires.

8. Who does Guyon quote saying, "Love, then do what you please?"
(a) St. Ezekiel.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) St. Augustine.

9. What is the only belief that can bring a person to the point of desired closeness with Jesus?
(a) God dwells in heaven.
(b) God follows you.
(c) God dwells around you.
(d) God dwells in you.

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

11. Guyon says that a closer walk with Jesus Christ will do what to selfish desires?
(a) They will make them disappear.
(b) They will still be somewhat important.
(c) They will no longer have the importance they once had.
(d) They will grow stronger at first.

12. What prayer does Guyon recommend?
(a) The Apostles' Creed.
(b) The Order of Confession.
(c) The Nicene Creed.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

13. Guyon concludes the chapter by questioning what?
(a) The reason you come to seek this relationship with God.
(b) The reason you decided to become a Christian.
(c) The reason you are reading this book.
(d) The reason God should accept you.

14. What is the objective when reading Scripture?
(a) To understand God.
(b) To understand the rules of the church.
(c) To prove to God you are serious.
(d) To sense the full meaning of the Scripture.

15. Is self-denial the answer for overcoming this aspect of ourselves that has been discussed in # 83?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Often.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Guyon says that a person truly committed will be willing to give up what?

2. Guyon says that once you have come to a point of a regular prayer life, it's time to do what?

3. Once this passage from Luke is realized, what is the only requirement?

4. Does Guyon believe the Lord wants to reveal Himself to you?

5. What does Guyon quote from Luke 17:21?

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