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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 Lawrence admonish the recipient to do?
(a) Help his sister in need.
(b) Not waste time that he could use for serving the Lord.
(c) Give up on this woman.
(d) Put all his energy into helping this person.

2. Because of the shortness of life remaining for both men, Lawrence does what?
(a) Encourages the man to take care of himself.
(b) Tells the man of heaven.
(c) Expresses his thoughts very clearly.
(d) Points out the greater need for communion with God.

3. Does Lawrence's Christian life begin the way these people explain?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Almost.

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

5. How does Lawrence begin his life?
(a) In the fear of punishment phase.
(b) In the interest in God's desires phase.
(c) In the need for attention phase.
(d) In the love motivation phase.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Lawrence feel hindered by negative feelings?

2. What does Lawrence do instead during those times?

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

4. What does the life Lawrence suggests do to sin?

5. What does Lawrence say about one's inclination?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What last advice does Lawrence give the man?

3. How does Letter 9 begin?

4. How does Lawrence seek God in all he does?

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

6. How does Lawrence sense God in his life?

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

8. What does Lawrence tell the recipient of Letter 8 about new advice?

9. How does Lawrence close the letter?

10. How does Letter 6 begin?

(see the answer keys)

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