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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Foster, what is the final step to improved obedience through worship?
(a) Willingly giving time to God.
(b) Striving for a personal encounter with God everyday.
(c) Giving thanksgiving.
(d) Being physically present.

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

3. Who is ready to lead, according to the author?
(a) Anyone who is in prayer with God.
(b) God.
(c) The author, Foster.
(d) It is unclear.

4. In The Discipline of Solitude, solitude and what are mentioned as going hand-in-hand?
(a) Silence.
(b) Love for God.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Attitude.

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

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

7. 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.

8. God is always willing to receive a person's what, according to Christian belief?
(a) Worship.
(b) Family.
(c) Donations.
(d) Knowledge.

9. 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.

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

11. Foster writes that there are how many acts of submission?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven.

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

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

14. What can happen when worshiping in a group, according to Christian belief?
(a) People start to turn on one another.
(b) The spirit can grow within the group.
(c) Different perspectives become distracting.
(d) Some start to lead.

15. The author says that some acts of service are too small. Why?
(a) No one notices.
(b) He doesn't say this at all.
(c) They just don't matter.
(d) God wants us to clearly be helping other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to statements in The Discipline of Silence, most people seem to see solitude as something that is what?

2. According to the author, which is the most abused of the disciplines?

3. Foster states that the community gives a gift when they come together with a common request to what?

4. What does Foster say about laughter?

5. What is the goal of the examination of the conscience, as stated by the author?

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