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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the type of joy Foster discusses?
(a) The type a husband has when he marries his wife.
(b) Material joy.
(c) True communion with God.
(d) Superficial happiness.

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

3. Who leads the call to submission, as stated in The Discipline of Submission?
(a) We do.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Christian community.
(d) Our pastors.

4. According to The Discipline of Confession, who does God call to hear confessions?
(a) Pastors.
(b) Jesus.
(c) All Christians.
(d) No one.

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

6. 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.

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

8. Foster uses examples of groups from where?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Modern literature.
(d) Academia.

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

10. How does the author define sorrow?
(a) Pitying someone in need.
(b) Feeling badly for the self.
(c) The opposite of feeling sorry.
(d) A remorseful acknowledgment that you have willfully sinned against God.

11. According to Foster, when someone holds their words, what can God do?
(a) Work his plan in the situation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Speak.

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

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

14. What is the first act of submission, according to Foster?
(a) To ourselves.
(b) To our brothers and sisters in Christ.
(c) To our spouses.
(d) To the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

15. The author ties together what concepts?
(a) Love, peace, and harmony.
(b) God's love and His discipline.
(c) Celebration, joy, and strength.
(d) Jesus' disciples and modern-day evagelicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what keeps a person from confession?

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

3. According to this chapter, we can find ways to serve God's people through what?

4. What is solitude, according to The Discipline of Solitude?

5. In the past, it was common for people to seek guidance through what, according to writings in The Discipline of Guidance?

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