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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character trait is practiced through the ministry of helpfulness, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Humility.
(b) Mercifulness.
(c) Meekness.
(d) Patience.

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

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the third element that defines a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians were not chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (free will).
(b) Christian fellowships always end in strife and failure because they involve selfish, fallen humans.
(c) Christian fellowships are transitory and temporary.
(d) Christians were chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (predestination).

4. When one falls into the habit of saying nothing at all, ever (which Bonhoeffer did not endorse), what desire did Bonhoeffer say could declare itself?
(a) To talk nonstop.
(b) To become a hermit.
(c) To dominate.
(d) To sleep all day.

5. How did Bonhoeffer define "justification" in Chapter 4?
(a) Freedom from guilt through the grace of God.
(b) Freedom from sin through the grace of God.
(c) Fellowship through the grace of God.
(d) Salvation through the mercy of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer belief should NOT start the day?

2. What did Bonhoeffer believe was the secret of the Psalter?

3. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?

4. How does Bonhoeffer believe that is it possible for Christians to remain together spiritually, even when scattered throughout the world?

5. What does Bonhoeffer call work?

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