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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. People's lives become void of what as they grow closer to God, according to The Discipline of Celebration?
(a) Media.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Stress and worry.
(d) Distraction.

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

4. Who states that "the confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works"?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Augustine of Hippo.
(c) The author.
(d) Ghandi.

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

6. Which type of service helps reduce pride, according to The Discipline of Service?
(a) Being served.
(b) Listening.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Hiddenness.

7. 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) The author.
(d) Jesus.

8. What does Foster say is the heart of confession?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Apostleship.
(d) Sorrow.

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

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

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

12. According to Christian belief, what does living a life of submission mean?
(a) Living responsibly.
(b) Ignoring our own needs.
(c) Obeying others.
(d) Complying with the laws.

13. What was Jesus giving the disciples a chance to do?
(a) Answer a call to service.
(b) Love each other.
(c) Confess their sins.
(d) Redeem themselves.

14. Who came to serve rather than to be served, according to Christian doctrine?
(a) Foster.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) The Son of God.

15. In the Bible, there are many warnings against what?
(a) False gods.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Drinking water.
(d) Eating preserved foods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the final step to confession, according to Christian belief?

3. According to Foster, when someone holds their words, what can God do?

4. What does God desire proper worship to be, based on Christian belief?

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

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