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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. What does the author say is NOT a requirement to understand the disciplines?
(a) Trust in God.
(b) Close friends.
(c) Theoretical knowledge.
(d) A Bible.

2. What is the concept behind fasting of Biblical times?
(a) Going without food for spiritual growth.
(b) Showing others what you are able to do.
(c) Losing weight.
(d) Becoming stronger.

3. Foster writes that we should offer prayers to God for requests, as well as what?
(a) Acknowledgment.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Supplication.
(d) Prayers for healing.

4. According to Christian beliefs, what is fasting truly supposed to be about?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Removing what controls a person's spirit.
(c) The self.
(d) The Body of Christ.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much longer was this edition written after its first publication?

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

3. What is the definition of fasting in the Bible?

4. The author begins to pray without what?

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

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