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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lawrence describe God as ruler?

2. What does this revelation do for Lawrence?

3. To achieve this lifestyle, a man must willingly do what?

4. What does Lawrence admonish the recipient to do?

5. Does Lawrence's Christian life begin the way these people explain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lawrence have a sense of impending doom?

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

3. How can someone really sense the need he or she has for God?

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

5. How does Letter 9 begin?

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

7. What does Lawrence tell this man?

8. How does Lawrence sense God in his life?

9. How does he use these negative feelings to help him?

10. Why does Lawrence put more pressure on the man the commune with God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lawrence explains how one can live a life in which one needs God.

Part 1) How can one live a life in which one needs God? Why does one need God, according to Lawrence?

Part 2) How does this explanation reiterate the theme of being in the presence of God? How does it reinforce all of Lawrence's beliefs?

Part 3) How does this idea of needing God affect one's relationships with others, opinions of oneself, and daily activities?

Essay Topic 2

Lawrence discusses faith.

Part 1) What does Lawrence say about faith? Why is faith important?

Part 2) How does Lawrence's view of faith reinforce his other beliefs?

Part 3) What are the steps to spiritual fulfillment? What is faith's connection to other steps in the process of spiritual fulfillment?

Essay Topic 3

Lawrence does not pray for his ill friend's healing.

Part 1) Why does he not pray for his ill friend's healing? Is this surprising? Why or why not?

Part 2) For what does he pray? Why is this more important than his friend's healing?

Part 3) How does this alter your attitude about suffering and illness? Is this attitude more helpful? Why or why not?

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