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

2. What is the title of Bonhoeffer's first book?
(a) Discipleship.
(b) Life Together.
(c) Creation and Fall.
(d) Act and Being.

3. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.
(a) Physical.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Human.

4. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of how many children?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Christians see Bonhoeffer as having died for his faith. What term is applied to this?

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?

3. What is the overarching theme of Life Together?

4. What did Bonhoeffer believe that experiencing loneliness could do for Christians?

5. What German city did Bonhoeffer return to?

(see the answer key)

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