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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. Spiritual direction is meant to facilitate what, according to The Discipline of Guidance?

2. What is the final step to confession, according to Christian belief?

3. What does Foster say is the heart of confession?

4. In the book, it states that for worship, there is a need for the person to have a strong desire to be what?

5. What is the first of the corporate disciplines, according to Foster?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "The Discipline of Solitude," what is the relationship between silence and solitude?

2. What benefits are there of submission, according to Foster?

3. What do you think it means when Foster says true worship is when "spirit touches spirit"?

4. How are celebration, joy, and strength related, according to Foster?

5. According to "The Discipline of Celebration," what is Jubilee?

6. Foster states that which of the spiritual disciplines is the most abused? Why?

7. What is the "group guidance" aspect of guidance, according to Foster?

8. Why might it be difficult for someone to explain the benefits of being alone, as Foster explains it?

9. Would you rather be the one who guides or the one who is guided? Why?

10. What is Foster's definition of "self-righteous service"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think the loss of his parents at a relatively early age may have had an impact on Foster? If so, how do you think it would have affected his profession and the content he included in his book?

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

How does the chapter entitled "The Discipline of Celebration" evoke a climatic feeling? Why do you think Foster may have included this chapter near the end instead of the beginning?

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