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

2. What is the reverse of the concept put forth in the previous question?
(a) The ability to spend time alone is essential to faith.
(b) The ability to spend time alone is essential to fellowship.
(c) The ability to spend time alone is essential to solitude.
(d) The ability to spend time together is essential to fellowship.

3. What does Bonhoeffer say that both intercession and personal prayer should be related to?
(a) The tasks at hand for the day.
(b) The person for whom one is interceding.
(c) The scriptural passage used in meditation.
(d) Current events.

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

5. At what time do the seminary's daily devotions begin?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Noon.
(c) Ten o'clock.
(d) Dusk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?

2. Ten years after Bonhoeffer's death, what event takes place in commemoration of his sacrifice?

3. What level of importance does Bonhoeffer place on intercession?

4. What does Bonhoeffer state that the duty of a Christian is?

5. What does Bonhoeffer say pastors and congregants should do about the community they find themselves in?

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