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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to The Discipline of Meditation, what does meditation begin with?
2. Christian belief states that something can change how a person thinks and imagines. What is it that changes how a person thinks and imagines?
3. What time of day should prayer be offered, according to the author?
4. According to The Discipline of Study, what becomes well-trained through repetition?
5. What does the author suggest we do if we have to use credit to buy something?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Newburg Friends Church characterized?
2. Based on what Foster writes, how is meditation different from reading the scriptures?
3. When the author says we should pray like children, what does he mean?
4. What is the difference between spiritual and modern fasting, as described in "The Discipline of Fasting"?
5. How does the author describe sin?
6. In Christian belief, what types of fasts are there? Describe the differences.
7. What is the discipline of study focused on, according to Foster?
8. Explain the differences between verbal and nonverbal study.
9. What is Foster's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?
10. Christian belief states that the most important prayers must focus on what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the disciplines of meditation and prayer. How are they different? How are they the same?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Foster include foreshadowing in his chapter about study? What does Foster indicate by first giving readers a quote from the apostle Paul? Did you anticipate what the rest of the chapter ended up revealing?
Essay Topic 3
What is the purpose of juxtaposition in literature? Describe one discipline in Foster's book that you think is a good example of a juxtaposition of another discipline. Why do you think Foster may have presented concepts in his book this way?
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