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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a person grows deeper in relationship with God, what happens, according to The Discipline of Worship?
(a) They need more and more time to worship.
(b) Worship becomes more genuine.
(c) They become smarter.
(d) They understand more scripture.

2. According to Christian belief, spiritual direction ministers to what?
(a) The whole life of the person.
(b) Non-believers.
(c) The lost.
(d) Children.

3. According to the author, what keeps a person from confession?
(a) The devil.
(b) Fear.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Truth.

4. According to Foster, what service helps protect people from gossip?
(a) Guarding the reputation of others.
(b) Hiddenness.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Being served.

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

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

7. According to Foster, who should be the object of worship?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Love.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The person.

8. Foster states that the community gives a gift when they come together with a common request to what?
(a) Confront a Christian.
(b) Interfere in a person's life.
(c) Confess.
(d) Pray, wait, discern, and act.

9. The Discipline of Guidance states that what is the source of spiritual guidance?
(a) The mind.
(b) Our hearts.
(c) Relationships.
(d) God.

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

11. According to Foster, what does true service mean?
(a) Authentic service with lots of witnesses.
(b) There is no such thing as "true service."
(c) Service without credit or reward.
(d) Helping lots and lots of people in need.

12. According to Foster, who can someone look to as an example of someone who bears others' burdens?
(a) Pope John Paul II.
(b) St. Francis of Assisi.
(c) The author.
(d) Jesus.

13. What is loneliness, according to Foster?
(a) A horrible thing.
(b) What Jesus experienced.
(c) A desirable state.
(d) Inner emptiness.

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

15. Foster states that what requires surrender of our will?
(a) Obedience to God.
(b) Sin.
(c) Confession.
(d) Corporate prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Discipline of Solitude, it is mentioned that people will witness what if they practice solitude?

2. Who came to serve rather than to be served, according to Christian doctrine?

3. According to Foster, what is meant to be part of a daily routine?

4. What is the main focus in society, according to Foster?

5. The author warns against what type of celebrations?

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