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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the definition of an "absolute fast"?
(a) Going without solid food, liquids, and water.
(b) No meats.
(c) No lunch.
(d) Only water.

2. What sort of simplicity is the author referring to?
(a) Monetary spending.
(b) Our minds.
(c) Spiritual simplicity.
(d) Our social circles.

3. According to Christian belief, what is the most important thing to focus on?
(a) Our sins.
(b) The Kingdom of God.
(c) Our relationships with others.
(d) Our finances.

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

5. What does the author say makes it difficult for a person to explore the spiritual life?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Unanswered prayers.
(d) The physical world.

6. What is the author's goal through this book?
(a) To help nonbelievers.
(b) To answer a prayer.
(c) To share his own experiences.
(d) To guide people closer to God and remove barriers to spiritual growth.

7. What are the two types of study, as stated by Foster?
(a) Light and deep.
(b) Verbal and nonverbal.
(c) Inner and outward.
(d) Spiritual and global.

8. Foster says that true prayer requires what of us?
(a) Friends.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) To let go of our own will.
(d) Love for God.

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

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

11. What are the most important prayers as mentioned in The Discipline of Prayer?
(a) Those for ourselves.
(b) Those for others.
(c) Those uttered by children.
(d) Those against evil.

12. According to The Discipline of Simplicity, what is simplicity dependent upon?
(a) Our prayers.
(b) Others.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Inner focus.

13. According to The Discipline of Study, what becomes well-trained through repetition?
(a) The heart.
(b) The body.
(c) The inner mind.
(d) The spirit.

14. Who is the religion publisher?
(a) Doris Boyce.
(b) Clayton Carlson.
(c) Bill Cathers.
(d) Richard Foster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to The Discipline of Meditation, what does meditation begin with?

2. What is the first of the disciplines?

3. What time of day should prayer be offered, according to the author?

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

5. How is spiritual study different from academic study?

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