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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 The Discipline of Meditation, a person must overcome what in order to meditate effectively?
(a) The obstacles of the devil.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Preconceived notions.
(d) Anxieties.

2. Based on Foster's writings, how many attitudes of simplicity are there?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) It is unclear.

3. What will happen, according to Foster, once people become in communion with God?
(a) We learn all about who He is.
(b) This is impossible while we are alive.
(c) They can channel God's words.
(d) Prayer becomes deeper and stronger.

4. According to the author of this book, how can people learn they can trust God to provide them with what they need?
(a) By trial and error.
(b) Pleading through prayer.
(c) By creating simple lives.
(d) They cannot learn this.

5. According to Foster, what does being simple like God mean?
(a) Having very few clothes.
(b) Praying often.
(c) Spending and acquiring less.
(d) Confessing everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many categories of spiritual disciplines are there?

2. According to Christian belief, what does Christian meditation hope to do to the mind?

3. What happens to the cravings for unhealthy and unnecessary items when one is fasting?

4. Foster indicates that one's imagination can be used more for good than for evil at what point?

5. Does the author state that prayer needs to be a complicated process?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is fasting addressed in the Bible?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Christian belief, what types of fasts are there? Describe the differences.

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

9. What are the three inner attitudes of simplicity, as stated in Christian doctrine?

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

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