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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Foster, what does being simple like God mean?
(a) Having very few clothes.
(b) Spending and acquiring less.
(c) Confessing everything.
(d) Praying often.

2. In The Door to Liberations, how are ingrained habits conquered?
(a) Self-injury.
(b) God's grace.
(c) Fasting.
(d) Legalistic discipline.

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

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

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

6. In the book, Foster states that something happens to people when they think they have become "the right kind of person". What is it that happens to people?
(a) Pride takes over.
(b) They become sinful.
(c) They ask for the wrong types of things.
(d) They die.

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

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

9. Christian belief states that something can change how a person thinks and imagines. What is it that changes how a person thinks and imagines?
(a) God's grace.
(b) A person's hard work.
(c) How much television someone watches.
(d) Lots of studying.

10. Does the author state that prayer needs to be a complicated process?
(a) Yes.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

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

12. What is an example of verbal study?
(a) Natural observation.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Lectures.
(d) Labs.

13. From the start, fasting needs to be what, according to Foster?
(a) God-centered and God-initiated.
(b) In order to help those less fortunate.
(c) Hidden.
(d) Quick and easy.

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

15. How many principles does the author give to living a simpler life?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sorts of addictions does Foster refer to in the chapter about simplicity?

2. What are the most important prayers as mentioned in The Discipline of Prayer?

3. According to Christian belief, what does Christian meditation hope to do to the mind?

4. The author warns against purchasing what?

5. What is the author's profession?

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