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

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?
(a) Either the hands of God or the power of evil.
(b) Security and safety.
(c) The power of evil.
(d) The hands of God.

3. Bonhoeffer's writings boil down to which following Scriptural statement?
(a) Christ's call is to come and serve others.
(b) Christ's call is to come and die.
(c) Christ's call is to be peaceful and not offend.
(d) Christ's call is to unity and reconciliation.

4. What is the apparent conflict that Chapter 3 raises?
(a) Having private devotional time vs. having community devotional time.
(b) Obeying the law vs. resisting the Nazis.
(c) Living alone vs. community life.
(d) Making money vs. sharing everything one owns with others.

5. How does Bonhoeffer say that Christians should receive each other?
(a) According to their education, talent, and abilities.
(b) In reverence, humility and joy as they would Jesus Himself.
(c) According to their social standing, power, and influence.
(d) According to their position in the church and community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say was the purpose of evening prayers and devotions?

2. How does Bonhoeffer believe Christians should pray together to God?

3. In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer makes the following statement: "The Christian understands that the burden and labor of the day gives meaning to ______."

4. According to Bonhoeffer, solitude and silence are __________ to the individual and to the community.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, an activity within a Christian community that is not of Jesus Christ is based on what?

(see the answer key)

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