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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Guyon say is natural?
(a) You will rarely be strong in your acceptance.
(b) You will never be strong in your acceptance.
(c) You will usually be strong in your acceptance.
(d) You will sometimes be strong in your acceptance.

2. When reading Scripture, how should one read?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Clearly.

3. Guyon says the way to "conquer" this aspect of ourselves is to do what?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Attend mass.
(c) Do good works.
(d) Turn completely inward toward the Lord.

4. If all would follow this path of prayer, what would happen?
(a) There would be no evil.
(b) All would be happy.
(c) The entire church would be reformed.
(d) There would be peace among all men.

5. To what kind of person will godliness come?
(a) The person who truly abandons himself to the Lord.
(b) Only the bad.
(c) The person who wants to be a god.
(d) Those who love the devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. The moment you feel God's presence lessening, what should you do?

2. About what are the "dry spells" Guyon warns?

3. How does Guyon use food to explain the next step?

4. Once you have come to the desired place, all that is required is that you do what?

5. When choosing a passage of scripture, what does Guyon recommend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Guyon define abandonment?

2. What does Guyon warn about one's imagination?

3. How might one overcome selfish desires, according to Guyon?

4. How does Guyon say one can find an unselfish prayer life?

5. What does Guyon say about a "second level of prayers?"

6. What does Guyon say about the ability to turn inward to find Christ?

7. What does Guyon say regarding the Lord's Prayer?

8. What does Guyon say about loving the Lord?

9. What does Guyon say when one has come to a point of a regular prayer life?

10. What does Guyon say regarding the reason why one might come to seek a relationship with God?

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