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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 are the two types of study, as stated by Foster?
(a) Verbal and nonverbal.
(b) Light and deep.
(c) Spiritual and global.
(d) Inner and outward.

2. What did Doris Boyce help the author do?
(a) Clean his home.
(b) Cook.
(c) Type manuscripts.
(d) Garden.

3. In The Door to Liberations, how are ingrained habits conquered?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Legalistic discipline.
(c) Self-injury.
(d) God's grace.

4. What is the final step of study, based on Christian belief?
(a) Finish.
(b) Refraining.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Reflection.

5. What does the author say makes it difficult for a person to explore the spiritual life?
(a) Dreams.
(b) The physical world.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Unanswered prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Christian belief, why does Jesus want people to seek the truth?

2. The author begins to pray without what?

3. According to Christian belief, what does Christian meditation hope to do to the mind?

4. What discipline makes change occur, according to the author?

5. In Christian belief, what is the source of human transformation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Christian belief, what types of fasts are there? Describe the differences.

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

4. When the author says we should pray like children, what does he mean?

5. How is fasting addressed in the Bible?

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

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

8. What elements does a person need to consider in order to prepare for meditation, according to "The Discipline of Meditation"?

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

10. According to "The Discipline of Study," what are the four steps to study?

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