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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 Foster say is the focus during Christian meditation?

2. The author warns against purchasing what?

3. What helps the mind to become more centered and increases the ability to learn more, as stated in Foster's book?

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

5. What does the author suggest we do if we have to use credit to buy something?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When the author says we should pray like children, what does he mean?

8. Christian belief states that the most important prayers must focus on what?

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

10. Foster writes that the main difference between Christian and Eastern forms of meditation is what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. How does this relate to the word "submission" in terms of Foster's book?

Essay Topic 2

How is simplicity explored and conveyed in Foster's work? Why do you think Foster wrote about it in this way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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