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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overarching theme 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) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.
(d) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.

2. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?
(a) Gemeinsames Zusammen.
(b) Gemeinsames Leben.
(c) Leben Gemeinsames.
(d) Alles Zusammen.

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

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

5. Which of these song titles is the title of an American Negro spiritual?
(a) Heaven Is A Place On Earth.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(c) How Great Thou Art.
(d) Silent Night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what does a Christian seek from Jesus Christ?

3. On April 8, 1945, when Bonhoeffer is taken to death row to be hanged the following day, what is he doing when he is taken from his cell?

4. Bonhoeffer's ideas are not susceptible to rigorous rational examination and do not make sense without belief in _____.

5. How was Bonhoeffer executed?

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