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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Ministry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what happens when one receives God's mercy?
(a) A desire to serve oneself.
(b) A desire to serve the community.
(c) A desire to serve others.
(d) A desire to serve God.

2. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?
(a) Christians must share in it just as they bear each other's burdens.
(b) Christians can never live up to it.
(c) It frees Christians from the need to support each other.
(d) The law of Christ has no relationship to bearing one another's burdens.

3. At the seminary, what are the first sounds of the dawn?
(a) Hymns and the Word of God.
(b) Roosters and alarm clocks.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Pots banging together and showers running.

4. At the seminary, what happens after morning devotions are over?
(a) Work.
(b) Fellowship of the table.
(c) Confession and penance.
(d) Showers and chores.

5. What Bonhoeffer's purpose in writing Chapter 1?
(a) He draws upon examples from society to show why the Nazis should be overthrown.
(b) He draws upon examples from society to show how a community should live together.
(c) He draws upon examples and passages from the Bible to show how a seminary should be run.
(d) He draws upon examples and passages from the Bible to show how a community should live together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Not saying bad things is the ministry of:

2. According to Bonhoeffer, the ministry of listening is the ministry of:

3. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a spiritual community, according to Bonhoeffer?

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

5. Bonhoeffer firmly believed that a brotherhood is bound together by:

(see the answer key)

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