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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, what must happen in order for a person to have healthy relationships?
(a) They must learn how to be alone.
(b) They must pray.
(c) They must be raised in a healthy household.
(d) They must start dating.

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

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

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

6. What does Foster say about laughter?
(a) It is contagious.
(b) It is not a source of true joy.
(c) It can be dangerous.
(d) It is sinful.

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

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

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

10. Based on The Discipline of Worship, what is the first step to improved obedience through worship?
(a) Preparation.
(b) Worship in different ways and places.
(c) Rely solely on God.
(d) Striving for a personal encounter with God daily.

11. According to The Discipline of Confession, what are the two sides to confession?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Accepting and denying.
(c) Giving and receiving.
(d) Rationalizing and emoting.

12. According to Foster, what is meant to be part of a daily routine?
(a) Worship.
(b) Writing in a journal.
(c) Taking walks outside.
(d) Fasting.

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

14. Who originally described the dark night of the soul?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The author.
(c) Saint John of the Cross.
(d) St. Augustine of Hippo.

15. According to Foster, what is the final discipline?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Loving.
(c) Worshiping.
(d) Fasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to The Discipline of Submission, what is the key to submission?

2. Many people feel that God's will brings what, according to Christian belief?

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

4. According to Foster, what is the final step to improved obedience through worship?

5. Foster states that spiritual direction is NOT meant to replace what?

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