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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 writes that we should offer prayers to God for requests, as well as what?
(a) Supplication.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Acknowledgment.
(d) Prayers for healing.

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

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

4. What does the author say becomes an ingrained habit?
(a) Being lazy.
(b) Sin.
(c) Eating.
(d) Talking.

5. What is the author's profession?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Quaker pastor.
(c) Medical doctor.
(d) Social worker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the church where the author is pastor?

3. Why does the author say most people are afraid of meditation?

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

5. How common was fasting in Biblical times?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the differences between verbal and nonverbal study.

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

9. How is fasting addressed in the Bible?

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

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