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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Discipline of Meditation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say makes it difficult for a person to explore the spiritual life?
(a) Unanswered prayers.
(b) The physical world.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Dreams.

2. What company published this book?
(a) Wordsmith Press.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Random House.
(d) Harper & Row.

3. Who of the following was an influence on the author's writing?
(a) Pope John Paul II.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) St. Francis of Assisi.

4. The Discipline of Meditation says that meditation differs from the scriptures in what way?
(a) There is no difference.
(b) Scriptures are more important.
(c) Meditation takes more discipline.
(d) Meditation makes the scriptures come to life and become more personal.

5. What does the author say becomes an ingrained habit?
(a) Eating.
(b) Talking.
(c) Sin.
(d) Being lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Christian belief, what is the source of human transformation?

2. According to The Discipline of Meditation, what does meditation begin with?

3. According to The Discipline of Meditation, a person must overcome what in order to meditate effectively?

4. What did Doris Boyce help the author do?

5. Foster writes that Eastern meditation hopes to do what to the mind?

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