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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when people truly pray, according to Christian belief?
(a) They begin to match God's thoughts and desires.
(b) They are given divine visions.
(c) Miracles happen.
(d) It is unclear.

2. According to the author of this book, how can people learn they can trust God to provide them with what they need?
(a) They cannot learn this.
(b) Pleading through prayer.
(c) By creating simple lives.
(d) By trial and error.

3. Perception and what are important aspects to study, based on The Discipline of Study?
(a) Observation.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Transformation.

4. How common was fasting in Biblical times?
(a) It never happened.
(b) Very common.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Daily.

5. Why does the author say most people are afraid of meditation?
(a) Because they have visions.
(b) It has a stigma.
(c) It might make them believe in another religion.
(d) Because they meet with God with no go-between.

6. According to The Discipline of Meditation, a person must overcome what in order to meditate effectively?
(a) The obstacles of the devil.
(b) Preconceived notions.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Anxieties.

7. The author thinks that what sort of environment is good for meditation?
(a) Any.
(b) One that is quiet and peaceful.
(c) The outdoors.
(d) A dark space.

8. In the book, Foster states that something happens to people when they think they have become "the right kind of person". What is it that happens to people?
(a) They die.
(b) They become sinful.
(c) They ask for the wrong types of things.
(d) Pride takes over.

9. What served as a guide for prayer for the author?
(a) His parents.
(b) The Bible.
(c) St. Francis of Assisi.
(d) His heart.

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

11. What is the author's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?
(a) They are his children.
(b) They are the author's longtime friends and surrogate parents.
(c) They are his biological parents.
(d) They are his sister and brother-in-law.

12. What are the four steps to study, according to Foster?
(a) Repetition, concentration, comprehension, reflection.
(b) First, second, third, fourth.
(c) Start, repeat, endure, finish.
(d) Repetition, condensation, rehearsal, refraining.

13. What did Doris Boyce help the author do?
(a) Clean his home.
(b) Cook.
(c) Type manuscripts.
(d) Garden.

14. What is the name of the church where the author is pastor?
(a) Newburg Friends Church.
(b) Church of the Holy Cross.
(c) First Friends Church.
(d) Quaker Memorial Church.

15. What law in the Bible applies to fasting?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Exodus.
(c) None.
(d) Genesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Jesus instruct his disciples to fast?

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

3. According to Christian beliefs, what is fasting truly supposed to be about?

4. According to Foster, what does being simple like God mean?

5. In the Old Testament, the theme is that wealth belongs to whom?

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