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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?
(a) To bring peace to the world.
(b) To resolve the conflicts that inevitably develop in Christian communities.
(c) To bring unity among all the world's religions.
(d) To put belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior into Christians' hearts.

2. To Bonhoeffer, what do the times of day and night symbolize?
(a) Day and night.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) The Allies and the Axis.
(d) Christ's effect on the world.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, how are Christ's followers gathered together as the worldwide Body of Christ while on Earth?
(a) Spiritually and mentally.
(b) Spiritually and physically.
(c) Spiritually and invisibly.
(d) Spiritually and visibly.

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

5. What is the title of Bonhoeffer's first book?
(a) Discipleship.
(b) Life Together.
(c) Act and Being.
(d) Creation and Fall.

6. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the purpose of the fellowship that takes place when meals are shared at the table?
(a) It is a chance to win the favor of Bonhoeffer by volunteering to do extra work around the seminary.
(b) It is an occasion to get nourishment and complain about how hard life is.
(c) It is a chance to gorge oneself and establish one's position in the seminary.
(d) It is an occasion to rejoice and celebrate the working day.

7. What did Bonhoeffer believe that experiencing loneliness could do for Christians?
(a) It enables them to recognize the presence of Christ in each other.
(b) It could make them loners, unwilling to properly participate in church life.
(c) It enables them to recognize each other in the presence of Christ.
(d) It could discourage them and cause them to give up their faith.

8. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.

9. What did Bonhoeffer say orders and disciplines the seminarians' entire day?
(a) Bible readings.
(b) Fellowship of the table.
(c) Daily work.
(d) Morning prayer.

10. The term "Word of God" can be applied to which two elements of Christianity?
(a) The Bible; the Church.
(b) Jesus Christ; Christians.
(c) Christians; the Church.
(d) The Bible; Jesus Christ.

11. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?
(a) An unalienable right; a promise.
(b) A gift of love; a promise.
(c) A gift of faith; a privilege.
(d) A gift of grace; a privilege.

12. On April 8, 1945, when Bonhoeffer is taken to death row to be hanged the following day, what is he doing when he is taken from his cell?
(a) He is reading his Bible.
(b) He is finishing a prayer in a service that he is conducting.
(c) He is serving Communion.
(d) He is writing a book.

13. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is God's Word?
(a) The whole and entire Bible.
(b) Whatever parts of the Bible an individual believes and agrees with.
(c) The Old Testament only.
(d) Any spiritual text, from any religion.

14. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a spiritual community, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Agape.
(b) Eros.
(c) Phileo.
(d) Theos.

15. After Life Together, Bonhoeffer publishes two additional books before which following event happens?
(a) The seminary is closed.
(b) The government forbids him to write or publish.
(c) Hitler dies.
(d) He is thrown into prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the seminary, what happens after morning devotions are over?

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?

3. Why did Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

4. What does Bonhoeffer do after the Nazis forbid him to teach, write, or publish?

5. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

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