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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They become sinful.
(b) Pride takes over.
(c) They die.
(d) They ask for the wrong types of things.

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Dallas Willard?
(a) A member of the author's church who leads scripture studies.
(b) The founder of the author's church.
(c) A homeless man near the author's church.
(d) The author's brother.

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

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

9. What time of day should prayer be offered, according to the author?
(a) Morning.
(b) Anytime.
(c) Nighttime.
(d) Noon.

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

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

12. What does the author say is NOT a requirement to understand the disciplines?
(a) Trust in God.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Theoretical knowledge.
(d) Close friends.

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

14. Under what circumstances does Jesus instruct his disciples to fast?
(a) When he tells them to do so.
(b) When no one is looking.
(c) When the time comes for Him to leave them.
(d) At nighttime.

15. What is the first of the disciplines?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Worship.
(c) Fasting.
(d) Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two types of study, as stated by Foster?

2. How many principles does the author give to living a simpler life?

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

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

5. How many categories of spiritual disciplines are there?

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