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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many people feel that God's will brings what, according to Christian belief?
(a) Pain and suffering.
(b) Joy and peace.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The devil into our lives.

2. What marked the beginning of Jesus' ministry, according to The Discipline of Celebration?
(a) His death.
(b) The Great Harvest.
(c) Jubilee.
(d) The relinquishment of sins.

3. According to The Discipline of Submission, what is the key to submission?
(a) Love.
(b) Patience.
(c) Power.
(d) Silence.

4. What are the two types of deep wrongs, according to Foster?
(a) Sins of the heart and sins of the flesh.
(b) Godly and unGodly.
(c) Near and far.
(d) Emotional and physical.

5. Spiritual direction is meant to facilitate what, according to The Discipline of Guidance?
(a) Ultimate guidance from God.
(b) The relationship between God and human.
(c) The transformation of the soul.
(d) Conflict between believers.

6. The author warns against what type of celebrations?
(a) Family-based.
(b) Significant.
(c) Short-lived.
(d) False and empty.

7. What is the first of the corporate disciplines, according to Foster?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Service.
(c) Confession.
(d) Meditation.

8. What is a precursor to hearing a confession, according to The Discipline of Service?
(a) Being in the middle of coming to Christ.
(b) Being especially sinful yourself.
(c) Understanding the death of Jesus on the cross.
(d) Having confessed to someone else previously.

9. Using words to control becomes what, according to The Discipline of Silence?
(a) True respect.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Discernment.
(d) A means of God's power.

10. According to this chapter, we can find ways to serve God's people through what?
(a) Our free time.
(b) Love and humility.
(c) Our actions.
(d) Our professions.

11. According to the author, which is the most abused of the disciplines?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Worship.
(c) Submission.
(d) Guidance.

12. According to The Discipline of Submission, what is lauded in our modern culture?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Silence.
(c) Humility.
(d) Control and power.

13. What is the goal of the examination of the conscience, as stated by the author?
(a) To get to know ourselves better.
(b) To get rid of our sins.
(c) To deny the things we have done wrong.
(d) To ask God to open our minds.

14. In the book, it states that for worship, there is a need for the person to have a strong desire to be what?
(a) A servant.
(b) Present for God.
(c) Jesus' follower.
(d) A lamb of God.

15. How does Foster think many people feel when they are silent?
(a) Useful.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the service of listening do, according to Christian belief?

2. Who leads the call to submission, as stated in The Discipline of Submission?

3. According to the author, what must happen in order for a person to have healthy relationships?

4. According to Foster, who should be the object of worship?

5. What does Foster write is the discipline that God desires for all of his people?

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