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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. What does the author say is NOT a requirement to understand the disciplines?

2. According to The Discipline of Simplicity, what is simplicity dependent upon?

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

4. What is the first of the disciplines?

5. The apostle Paul says in the Bible that we are transformed through the renewal of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is it impossible for adults to succeed in their prayer lives, according to Foster? Why?

5. What is Foster's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?

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

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

8. How is fasting addressed in the Bible?

9. What does it mean to the author to "live simply"?

10. Who are the spiritual disciplines meant for, according to Foster?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does being part of the Quaker Church have on Foster's book? How does it add to the information in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Richard Foster as a new pastor and the Richard Foster two decades after his book was published. How does Foster's life change? How does he stay the same?

Essay Topic 3

How is the discipline of guidance explored and conveyed in Foster's work? Why do you think Foster wrote about it in this way? Do you think it is different from the other disciplines in any particular way?

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