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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. What does the author say is NOT a requirement to understand the disciplines?
(a) Close friends.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Trust in God.
(d) Theoretical knowledge.

2. What is the author's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?
(a) They are his children.
(b) They are his sister and brother-in-law.
(c) They are the author's longtime friends and surrogate parents.
(d) They are his biological parents.

3. Foster indicates that one's imagination can be used more for good than for evil at what point?
(a) When someone prays for them.
(b) When the devil enters the imagination.
(c) When God becomes part of someone's life.
(d) When a person decides to do just that.

4. In the Old Testament, the theme is that wealth belongs to whom?
(a) God.
(b) Us.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Our neighbors.

5. According to the author, living the spiritual disciplines brings us closer to God and opens us up for His gift of __________.
(a) Discernment.
(b) Transformation.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Jesus instruct his disciples to fast?

2. In the book, Foster states that something happens to people when they think they have become "the right kind of person". What is it that happens to people?

3. According to The Discipline of Study, what is the goal of all the disciplines?

4. What served as a guide for prayer for the author?

5. Who is the religion publisher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Foster say will happen if the disciplines become law-like?

2. Explain the differences between verbal and nonverbal study.

3. What is Foster's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?

4. Based on what Foster writes, how is meditation different from reading the scriptures?

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

6. Christian belief states that the most important prayers must focus on what?

7. What happens when people truly pray, according to Foster?

8. How does the author describe sin?

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

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

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