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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What anxiety did these negative feelings bring?
(a) Anxiety about other's pain.
(b) Anxiety about God's feelings for him.
(c) Anxiety about life after death.
(d) Anxiety about suffering.

2. How does Lawrence describe God as ruler?
(a) Sweet and kind.
(b) Harsh and cruel.
(c) Demanding and fearsome.
(d) Merciful and benevolent.

3. What does Lawrence see as a key to his happiness and success?
(a) Beginning life in the love motivation phase.
(b) Beginning life in the fear of punishment phase.
(c) Beginning life in the need for attention phase.
(d) Beginning life in the interest in God's desires phase.

4. Does the recipient of the first letter honor Lawrence's wishes?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Not at first.
(d) Yes.

5. By what did Lawrence feel hindered?
(a) A sense of fear of death.
(b) A sense of confusion.
(c) A sense of impending doom.
(d) A sense of loneliness.

6. What does this revelation do for Lawrence?
(a) It fills his life with a renewed sense of peace.
(b) It fills him with fear.
(c) It fills his life with more worries.
(d) It fills his life with complications.

7. How does Lawrence begin letter six?
(a) In an unusual way.
(b) By saying a prayer.
(c) In a conversational way.
(d) By asking a question.

8. How does Lawrence view himself?
(a) As a child of God.
(b) As a sinner.
(c) As a saint.
(d) As a criminal.

9. What needs attention for one's whole life?
(a) Understanding the mind.
(b) The opening of the mind.
(c) The disciplining of one's mind.
(d) Making the mind peaceful.

10. When does one need to focus?
(a) Around temptations.
(b) In times of devotion and prayer.
(c) When God is present.
(d) In church.

11. How do these people believe a Christian's life moves?
(a) To a life of a need for attention.
(b) To a life of hope for a better ending with actions motivated by love alone.
(c) To a life of fear of punishment.
(d) To a life of interest in God's desires.

12. For how long does this extended metaphor continue?
(a) For several paragraphs.
(b) For two paragraphs
(c) For a few sentences.
(d) For a paragraph.

13. What kind of prayer life does Lawrence recommend?
(a) One of quiet prayer.
(b) One of secret prayer.
(c) One of strong prayer.
(d) One of continual prayer.

14. How does Lawrence define sin?
(a) As anything contrary to the desires of the Church.
(b) As anything that hurts others.
(c) As anything that goes against the Ten Commandments.
(d) As anything contrary to God's plan for his life.

15. Keeping a rein on one's mind all the time helps what?
(a) One attain the necessary discipline during prayer.
(b) Stop sinning.
(c) Get one into heaven.
(d) One keep his or her faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Lawrence advise the recipient to live?

2. Once he makes the decision from questions 96 and 97, what does he begin to do?

3. What aids in the development of a disciplined mind?

4. How does Lawrence end the letter?

5. In closing, what does Lawrence promise to do?

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