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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Foster indicates that one's imagination can be used more for good than for evil at what point?
(a) When God becomes part of someone's life.
(b) When the devil enters the imagination.
(c) When a person decides to do just that.
(d) When someone prays for them.

2. According to the author, what are the two types of difficulties a person will face when practicing the spiritual disciplines?
(a) Mental and emotional.
(b) Practical and emotional.
(c) Philosophical and practical.
(d) Mental and physical.

3. What happens to the cravings for unhealthy and unnecessary items when one is fasting?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) They likely get worse.
(d) They disappear and are replaced by the desire to commune with God.

4. What will happen, according to Foster, once people become in communion with God?
(a) This is impossible while we are alive.
(b) They can channel God's words.
(c) We learn all about who He is.
(d) Prayer becomes deeper and stronger.

5. Foster writes that Eastern meditation hopes to do what to the mind?
(a) Empty it.
(b) Get rid of it.
(c) Fill it up with knowledge.
(d) Transform it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say becomes an ingrained habit?

2. Does the author state that prayer needs to be a complicated process?

3. What is the author's profession?

4. What does the author say happens to people when they feel as if control is being lost?

5. According to Christian belief, what three things does a person need to consider before meeting with God in meditation?

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