1) Critical study 2) Ecclesiastical test 3) Examination 4) Introspection 5) Self-contemplation 6) Self-examination 
• (a.) Examination; inquiry.
(from the article `Voltaire`) ...sketched out a universal history of kings, wars, civilization and manners that became the Essai sur les moeurs, and plunged into biblical ...
Ex·a'men noun [ Latin , the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen , from exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: confer French examen . See Exact , adjective ] Examination; inquiry. [ R.] 'A critical examen of the two pieces.' Cowp...
[n] - examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) 2. [n] - a critical study (as of a writer`s work)
noun a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
an examination, as of conscience.