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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 is the definition of fasting in the Bible?
2. What does the author suggest we do if we have to use credit to buy something?
3. Based on Foster's writings, how many attitudes of simplicity are there?
4. Why does the author say most people are afraid of meditation?
5. Perception and what are important aspects to study, based on The Discipline of Study?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the discipline of study focused on, according to Foster?
2. Explain the differences between verbal and nonverbal study.
3. Who is Richard Foster? Why did he decide to write this book?
4. Foster writes that the main difference between Christian and Eastern forms of meditation is what?
5. Why is inner focus important to the discipline of simplicity, according to Foster?
6. When the author says we should pray like children, what does he mean?
7. What is the first principle suggested by Foster to live a simpler life?
8. What is Foster's relationship with Ken and Doris Boyce?
9. Is it impossible for adults to succeed in their prayer lives, according to Foster? Why?
10. What must a person do to meditate effectively, according to Christian belief?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Jubilee is described as a celebration during biblical times where debts are canceled and slaves are released. It is a celebration of all that God has given. What does this have to do with discipline, according to Foster?
Essay Topic 3
What effect does being part of the Quaker Church have on Foster's book? How does it add to the information in the book?
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