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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. Bonhoeffer firmly believed that a brotherhood is bound together by:
(a) Persecution.
(b) Shared possessions.
(c) Faith.
(d) Experience.

2. What is the premise of Life Together?
(a) An illustration of spiritual life in an illegal, secret Protestant seminary within the historical context of Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.
(b) A guide to the daily spiritual devotions of the seminary's community life.
(c) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.
(d) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.

3. What does Bonhoeffer consider the voice of the Church to be?
(a) Singing in four-part harmony.
(b) Instrumental music.
(c) Reading Scripture aloud.
(d) Singing as one (that is, in unison).

4. In which concentration camp was Bonhoeffer executed, on April 9, 1945?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Flossenburg.
(d) Mauthausen.

5. 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 put belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior into Christians' hearts.
(d) To bring unity among all the world's religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the seminary, what are the first sounds of the dawn?

2. Bonhoeffer stated that "One can either believe or see, but faith has no need to see in order to ________. Seeing does not need to believe in order to see."

3. According to Bonhoeffer, in a human community, what are weaker individuals influenced by?

4. Who became one of Bonhoeffer's teachers?

5. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer learn in childhood about Christianity that shapes his theology as an adult?

2. Why does Bonhoeffer say that a Christian community is different from any other form of human community?

3. In Bonhoeffer's opinion, as expressed in Chapter 2, how do Christians discover the unity that can be found through a day's work?

4. What are the three kinds of fellowship at table that Bonhoeffer says, in Chapter 2, are mentioned in the Bible?

5. How did the common morning devotions at the seminary begin, according to what we learned in Chapter 2?

6. What was the purpose of the monument to Bonhoeffer erected by pastors in Bavaria, Germany, ten years after his death?

7. In Chapter 1, what source did Bonhoeffer use to establish how a community should live together? Why?

8. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the best way for a Christian to accomplish his work? Why?

9. What does the book of Apocalypse (also known as Revelation) describe?

10. In Chapter 1, what did Bonhoeffer say about Christians extending mercy and forgiveness to one another?

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