Forgiveness Studies: On Being Set Free

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1. Claire Frazier-Yzaguirre wrote: "When we forgive, we ____ the bitter ties that bind us to the one who hurt us."
  a. ignore
  b. free ourselves from
  c. connect to
  d. free others from
2. "As long as our minds are captive to the memory of having been ____, they are not free to wish for reconciliation with the one who wronged us." Lewis B. Smedes
  a. helped
  b. harmed
  c. wronged
  d. insulted
3. Forgiveness is not ____, for deep hurts usually cannot be wiped out of one's memory.
  a. forgetting
  b. pardoning
  c. reconciling
  d. condoning
4. Acknowledge the anger and hurt caused by the clearly identified specific offense(s) is the ___ step in forgiveness.
  a. 1st
  b. 2nd
  c. 3rd
  d. 4th
5. ____ writes: "To see God in all things, both good and evil, enables us to forgive those who injure us."
  a. Miller
  b. Jones
  c. Barnhouse
  d. Klimes
6. The offender, that is the person who has caused the hurt, has ___ direct part in the initial forgiveness that the forgiver experiences.
  a. a
  b. no
  c. some
  d. a very
7. Revenge ____ the harm that an offender caused.
  a. enlarges
  b. minimizes
  c. cancels
  d. continues
8. Revenge usually arises out of the offended person's ___.
  a. depression
  b. anger
  c. love
  d. ignorance
9. In life, both the forgiver and avenger are harmed in ____ ways.
  a. the same
  b. dis-similar
  c. similar
  d. different
10. We fail to gain ____ because we fail to forgive.
  a. wealth
  b. peace
  c. joy
  d. faith
11. Revenge ignores the ____ that there already exists one or more systems that deal with those who willfully harm others.
  a. hope
  b. plan
  c. possibility
  d. fact
12. In ____ revenge, the avenger goes out and tries to inflict some hurt at the offender.
  a. active
  b. passive
  c. helpful
  d. purposeful
13. Anger has at least 4 levels, namely hidden anger, angry expression, angry words, ____.
  a. rage
  b. public anger
  c. violence
  d. shouting
13. Anger has at least 4 levels, namely hidden anger, angry expression, angry words, ____.
  a. rage
  b. public anger
  c. violence
  d. shouting
13. Anger has at least 4 levels, namely hidden anger, angry expression, angry words, ____.
  a. rage
  b. public anger
  c. violence
  d. shouting
14. Keep a Hostility Log in which you journal all the hostile situations you initiated in ___days.
  a. 2
  b. 3
  c. 4
  d. 5
15. Anger is a _______ of great displeasure and hostility.
  a. event
  b. feeling
  c. behavior
  d. motivation
16. The causes of that anger are usually ____ the angry person, not in the situation that triggers the anger
  a. within
  b. outside of
  c. hidden in
  d. expressed in
17. Watch out for anger ____, wait to cool down and then decide on a course of action.
  a. causes
  b. behavior
  c. trigger
  d. problems
18. Anger that lasts longer than ____ hours easily turns into bitterness that can affect every part of a person's live.
  a. 10
  b. 15
  c. 20
  d. a few
19. Some people who have been deeply hurt in life develop a negative ____, a chronic negative attitude expressed in frequent resentment, rejection and suspicion
  a. disease
  b. problem
  c. nind-set
  d. addiction
20. The cure for anger goes inward and is _____.
  a. counseling
  b. forgiveness
  c. exercise
  d. bibliotherapy
21. One approach to accepting the hurt of others is similar to that used in the ___ steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
  a. 6
  b. 8
  c. 10
  d. 12
22. Forgiveness takes time and is _____.
  a. expensive
  b. difficult
  c. problematic
  d. irrational
23. Until you forgive your father, your friends, your enemies, they ____ your life.
  a. control
  b. limit
  c. both a and b
  d. neither a or b
24. "Justice and revenge belong to ___."
  a. me
  b. God
  c. the forgiver
  d. the offender
25. Reconciliation has been defined as the re-establishing of ____ between two parties.
  a. relationship
  b. friendship
  c. dealings
  d. activities
26. Forgiveness in itself ___ reconciliation
  a. is
  b. is not necessarily
  c. is always
  d. is never
27. Michelle Nelson in Beverly Flanigan's Exploring Forgiveness suggests three degrees of forgiveness, namely 1. Detached Forgiveness, 2. Limited Forgiveness, and 3. Full Forgiveness (with full ___).
  a. relationships
  b. pardoning
  c. reconciliation
  d. restoration
28. "I'm sorry." Declare your apology for the hurt you caused. This is the ___ steps in reconciliation
  a. 1st
  b. 2nd
  c. 3rd
  d. 4th
29. "I hurt you." Acknowledge your wrong in contributing to the identified specific offense(s). This is the ___ step in reconciliation
  a. 1st
  b. 2nd
  c. 3rd
  d. 4th
30. The Hurt is "Pay" and the hurt person is tempted to "____" the offender in kind.
  a. awenge
  b. hurt
  c. harm
  d. repay
31. The Jews of old saw sin as a debt to God. Sin is pain to all involved, the ____, the forgiver and God. A forgiving attitude makes the healing of pain easier for all. God has that forgiving attitude, and so can we. Good things usher in joy, bad things bring on pain.
  a. offender
  b. harmer
  c. evil person
  d. good person
32. Good things usher in joy, bad things bring on pain. And pain ____ people. Offenses divide people. They no longer feel comfortable together.
  a. harms
  b. divides
  c. seperates
  d. helps
33. The offender causes pain, the forgiver receives that pain. If there is no forgiveness, the pain just bounces endlessly between the two, ___ as time goes on.
  a. multiplying
  b. harming
  c. hurting
  d. accumulating
34. A ____ forgiver does not think of revenge, does not resents others, does not remember the evil others do to him with anger or bad feelings.
  a. kind
  b. regular
  c. good
  d. habitual
35. Forgiveness is a ____.
  a. obligation
  b. duty
  c. gift
  d. emotion
36. Recognizing that I am forgiven so much, I feel free to forgive the relatively little ___ against me.
  a. attacks
  b. harming
  c. offenses
  d. insults
37. Forgiveness is a necessary (and natural) part of healing when it is a RELEASE of anger and hurt, but ___ an acceptance of nor an embracing of the person/s who have hurt you.
  a. it need not be
  b. is not
  c. cannot be
  d. none of the 3
38. You cannot (MUST not) give your ___ to someone who has betrayed you when he has not sincerely repented of his betrayal.
  a. feelings
  b. friendship
  c. life
  d. trust
39. Forgiveness is the ___ we must swallow in order to get well.
  a. drink
  b. medicine
  c. hurt
  d. pain
40. There is a big difference between being forgiven by God and being forgiven by an other person. God's big job is to bring justice to all, ours is to ___ all.
  a. teach
  b. help
  c. love
  d. relate to
41. The first thing Jesus commanded his disciples to preach was ____.
  a. love
  b. forgive
  c. help
  d. repent
42. The act of going to the offender, in private, attempting to get him to listen to you, and if successful having won him over is a classic example of trying to facilitate ____.
  a. forgiveness
  b. reconciliation
  c. pardon
  d. unity
43. Forgiveness is a relationship between the ____ and the offender.
  a. victum
  b. healer
  c. forgiver
  d. good person
44. Relationships that may call for forgiveness are
  a. marriage
  b. work
  c. business
  d. all 3
45. Forgiveness as an independent act of the forgiver is ___ forgiveness.
  a. one-sided

  b. detached
  c. limited
  d. full
46. The forgiver renounces all anger and revenge against the offender and the offender changes his offensive attitude and behavior. That is ___ forgiveness.
  a. one-sided
  b. limited
  c. full
  d. pardoning
47. Forgiveness followed by a release of consequences. That is ___ forgiveness.
  a. one-sided
  b. limited
  c. full
  d. pardoning
48. Work-place administrative pardon is the exemption of a persons, who has committed a major documented ____, from the penalties, by the power of the administrator.
  a. crime
  b. offense
  c. problem
  d. mistake
49. ___ are admissions of blameworthiness for an undesirable event and allow actors to try to obtain a pardon.
  a. reviews
  b. statements of facts
  c. apologies
  d. confessions
50. A person seeking pardon needs to show ___.
  a. guilt
  b. that he is forgiven
  c. that he is innocent
  d. remorse
51. ____ is usually granted when the offender 1) accepts responsibility, 2) shows remorse, and 3) works toward atonement or restitution.
  a. clemency
  b. pardon
  c. forgiveness
  d. none of the 3
52. One goal of every organization deals with the effective use of its human resources. Thus the dismissal of an employee often is a loss to the organization. That loss may at times be eliminated by granting administrative pardons.
  a. true
  b. false
  c. seldom true
  d. seldom false
54. Verbal Reprimand, recorded by the supervisor, based on the above records, that includes dates and details of reprimand. Given by the supervisor to the employee. This is the ___ level of reprimands.
  a. 1st
  b. 2nd
  c. 3rd
  d. 4th
54. A ____ is something of worth that is useful or important to the possessor.
  a. possession
  b. property
  c. goal
  d. value
55. I am here at work to help our clients, fellow-workers and supervisors. This expresses the value of ___.
  a. personal insight
  b. service
  c. the job
  d. the pay
56. In a 1990 US government survey, high school sophomores stated their values as: 85% work sucess, 77% relationships, 65% leisure time, and ___% money.
  a. 44
  b. 54
  c. 64
  d. 74
57. The word ____ comes from the Latin "trubidare," meaning confused.
  a. trumpeting
  b. trial
  c. difficulty
  d. trouble
58. The Inner Man = ____ Man. "What you see is what you get." The values of the Inner Man are lived out in the ____ Man. A true person.
  a. outer
  b. hidden
  c. open
  d. disclosed
59. Which of the following is a value?
  a. caring
  b. cleanliness
  c. compassion
  d. all 3
60. Laws are the ___ requirements that establish a pattern for orderly living.
  a. maximum
  b. optimum
  c. minimum
  d. needed
61. To test the effects of forgiveness, 205 college students from a small, church-affiliated four-year liberal arts college completed instruments that measured forgiveness, self-esteem, social desirability, and religious style. Results indicate that correlations between forgiveness outcomes and demographic variables were ____.
  a. weak
  b. strong
  c. inverse
  d. non existing
62. The impact of receiving interpersonal forgiveness from another--the foreswearing of _____ and resentment toward a person who has hurt us--is examined here.
  a. evil
  b. harm
  c. revenge
  d. hurt
63. The four stages of forgiveness are awareness, ____, interaction, and reconciliation
  a. cognition
  b. recognition
  c. listening
  d. change
64. Movement through the stages is made by ____ consecutive decisions and can be viewed from either the victim's or the offender's perspective
  a. 2
  b. 3
  c. 4
  d. 5
65. The results of a broken relationship that has not been healed are often bitterness, blaming, continuation of harm and vengeance, increasing insensitivity, estrangement, hating and acts of violence.
  a. bitterness
  b. blaming
  c. hating
  d. any of the above 3
66. Declare your apology and sorrow for the hurt you caused. Say ___
  a. I am sorry
  b. I am sorry for...
  c. I will not do it again.
  d. I am sorry because...