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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Perception and what are important aspects to study, based on The Discipline of Study?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Transformation.
(c) Observation.
(d) Opinion.

2. Who is the religion publisher?
(a) Clayton Carlson.
(b) Bill Cathers.
(c) Richard Foster.
(d) Doris Boyce.

3. According to Christian belief, what does Christian meditation hope to do to the mind?
(a) Take it out of the person.
(b) Fill it.
(c) Void it of thought.
(d) Elevate it.

4. How many categories of spiritual disciplines are there?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What is a natural part of life, according to Christian belief?
(a) Death.
(b) Grief.
(c) Sin.
(d) Loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?

2. What is the author's profession?

3. How many spiritual disciplines does the author say there are?

4. Which of the following is the former missionary who prays over the author to have the hands of a writer?

5. How is spiritual study different from academic study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between spiritual and modern fasting, as described in "The Discipline of Fasting"?

2. What is the discipline of study focused on, according to Foster?

3. What must a person do to meditate effectively, according to Christian belief?

4. What is the first principle suggested by Foster to live a simpler life?

5. Is it impossible for adults to succeed in their prayer lives, according to Foster? Why?

6. Foster writes that the main difference between Christian and Eastern forms of meditation is what?

7. How does the author describe sin?

8. Why is inner focus important to the discipline of simplicity, according to Foster?

9. What does it mean to the author to "live simply"?

10. Based on Christian belief, how are studying and meditation different?

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