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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Day Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer call work?
(a) The "it."
(b) Life's ultimate purpose.
(c) The "Thou."
(d) A necessary evil.

2. In Chapter 3, what does Bonhoeffer say is the best time of day for personal prayer, meditation and intercession?
(a) Whenever it can be fit in.
(b) At midday.
(c) Early in the morning.
(d) Late at night.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.
(a) Hitler's latest propaganda.
(b) The Psalter.
(c) Short verses.
(d) The newspaper.

4. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?
(a) The Church and the Resistance movement.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) The Allies.
(d) His former seminarians.

5. What type of communication does Bonhoeffer say that prayer during meditation is between a Christian and Jesus Christ?
(a) Two-way.
(b) Public.
(c) One-way.
(d) Personal and private.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say orders and disciplines the seminarians' entire day?

2. How does the day begin at the seminary?

3. What was Bonhoeffer's daily reading/listening recommendation for devotions?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say that personal time for meditation, prayer, and intercession should be considered?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what does silence enable?

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