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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In Christian belief, what is the source of human transformation?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) The soul.
(c) God.
(d) The mind.

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

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

6. How much longer was this edition written after its first publication?
(a) Two decades.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) There is only one publication.
(d) Six months.

7. What is the author's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?
(a) They are his sister and brother-in-law.
(b) They are his biological parents.
(c) They are his children.
(d) They are the author's longtime friends and surrogate parents.

8. What does the author say people should be careful to prevent from taking over their lives?
(a) Money.
(b) Truth.
(c) Family.
(d) Duties.

9. How many categories of spiritual disciplines are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

10. What will happen, according to Foster, once people become in communion with God?
(a) This is impossible while we are alive.
(b) They can channel God's words.
(c) Prayer becomes deeper and stronger.
(d) We learn all about who He is.

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

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

13. According to Christian belief, what does Christian meditation hope to do to the mind?
(a) Void it of thought.
(b) Fill it.
(c) Elevate it.
(d) Take it out of the person.

14. The author begins to pray without what?
(a) Ceasing.
(b) Breathing.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Talking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Discipline of Meditation says that meditation differs from the scriptures in what way?

2. According to the author of this book, how can people learn they can trust God to provide them with what they need?

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

4. What does the author say makes it difficult for a person to explore the spiritual life?

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

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