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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) A guide to the daily spiritual devotions of the seminary's community life.
(b) An illustration of spiritual life in an illegal, secret Protestant seminary within the historical context of Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.
(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. According to Bonhoeffer, the Christian community must learn to thank God daily for _____ things before learning to appreciate great things.
(a) Any.
(b) All.
(c) Every.
(d) Small.

3. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.

4. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?
(a) Theology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Medicine.

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe that experiencing loneliness could do for Christians?
(a) It could make them loners, unwilling to properly participate in church life.
(b) It could discourage them and cause them to give up their faith.
(c) It enables them to recognize each other in the presence of Christ.
(d) It enables them to recognize the presence of Christ in each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.

2. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?

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

4. Who is arrested along with Bonhoeffer in 1943?

5. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of how many children?

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