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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?
(a) An unalienable right; a promise.
(b) A gift of love; a promise.
(c) A gift of grace; a privilege.
(d) A gift of faith; a privilege.

3. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?
(a) Developed harmony and good will, and enabled peace and understanding.
(b) Incited conflict and strife and destroyed peace and understanding.
(c) Tended to drift from community to aloneness.
(d) The effect of the ego was neutral on the quality of the relationships.

4. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1945.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what does a Christian seek from Jesus Christ?
(a) Forgiveness so they can keep on sinning; a free ride to heaven.
(b) Wealth, health, and prosperity.
(c) Redemption, righteousness, innocence, and blessedness.
(d) Material goods, money, and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?

2. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?

3. How does Bonhoeffer say that Christians should receive each other?

4. Bonhoeffer stated that "One can either believe or see, but faith has no need to see in order to ________. Seeing does not need to believe in order to see."

5. At which U.S. school did Bonhoeffer study Niebuhr and fall in love with American Negro spirituals?

(see the answer key)

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