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

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

3. 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?
(a) Pride takes over.
(b) They become sinful.
(c) They ask for the wrong types of things.
(d) They die.

4. According to the author, what are the two types of difficulties a person will face when practicing the spiritual disciplines?
(a) Philosophical and practical.
(b) Mental and physical.
(c) Practical and emotional.
(d) Mental and emotional.

5. As stated by the author, how can true prayer take place?
(a) It cannot.
(b) It needs to become a way of life, not just an afterthought.
(c) At any church, at any time.
(d) At the right place and time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much longer was this edition written after its first publication?

2. In the Old Testament, the theme is that wealth belongs to whom?

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

4. What does the author say happens to people when they feel as if control is being lost?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Bill Cathers play in the Introduction?

2. What are the three inner attitudes of simplicity, as stated in Christian doctrine?

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

4. According to "Door to LIberations," what are the two types of difficulties a person will face when practicing the spiritual disciplines?

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

8. Who is Richard Foster? Why did he decide to write this book?

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

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

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