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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is spiritual study different from academic study?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Academic study is more difficult than spiritual study.
(c) Spiritual study is about using the information properly as tools to grow closer to God.
(d) There is no difference.

4. What is the author's profession?
(a) Quaker pastor.
(b) Medical doctor.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Social worker.

5. According to Foster, how does study benefit meditation?
(a) Meditation makes studying look easy.
(b) Study helps the person get into a peaceful frame of mind.
(c) They are unrelated.
(d) It makes the environment more conducive for meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How common was fasting in Biblical times?

2. Foster says that true prayer requires what of us?

3. The author begins to pray without what?

4. Perception and what are important aspects to study, based on The Discipline of Study?

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

(see the answer key)

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