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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As stated by the author, how can true prayer take place?
(a) It needs to become a way of life, not just an afterthought.
(b) It cannot.
(c) At the right place and time.
(d) At any church, at any time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when people truly pray, according to Christian belief?

2. What is the author's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?

3. Christian belief states that something can change how a person thinks and imagines. What is it that changes how a person thinks and imagines?

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

5. What does the author say is NOT a requirement to understand the disciplines?

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