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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. According to Foster, what service helps protect people from gossip?
(a) Being served.
(b) Hospitality.
(c) Hiddenness.
(d) Guarding the reputation of others.

2. Which discipline offers freedom from the need to always get your way, based on Christian belief?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Submission.
(d) Prayer.

3. The author warns against what type of celebrations?
(a) Short-lived.
(b) Family-based.
(c) Significant.
(d) False and empty.

4. What is a precursor to hearing a confession, according to The Discipline of Service?
(a) Understanding the death of Jesus on the cross.
(b) Being especially sinful yourself.
(c) Being in the middle of coming to Christ.
(d) Having confessed to someone else previously.

5. According to the writings in this book, should a person worship individually or as a group?
(a) Both.
(b) Group.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Individually.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word describes God's love, based on Christian belief?

2. According to The Discipline of Confession, what are the two sides to confession?

3. According to Christian belief, spiritual direction ministers to what?

4. According to Foster, what is there when Christ enters the world?

5. The author says that happiness should NOT be based on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Foster's definition of "self-righteous service"?

2. According to "The Discipline of Solitude," what is the relationship between silence and solitude?

3. Foster states that which of the spiritual disciplines is the most abused? Why?

4. What is the "group guidance" aspect of guidance, according to Foster?

5. What are three of the seven acts of submission, as stated in the book?

6. What do you think it means when Foster says true worship is when "spirit touches spirit"?

7. According to "The Discipline of Celebration," what is Jubilee?

8. What are some guidelines Foster gives for improving obedience through worship?

9. According to Foster, what are three examples of celebration?

10. Do you think it is easy to make God the object of worship? Why or why not?

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