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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Ministry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Psalter?
(a) The seminary's hymnbook.
(b) The Book of Psalms arranged for devotional use.
(c) The container in which the seminary's supply of salt was stored.
(d) Another name for the Book of Proverbs.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what is one of the incorrect reasons for seeking others' company?
(a) Fear of being alone.
(b) Fear of persecution.
(c) Desire for fellowship.
(d) Desire to help others.

3. What did Bonhoeffer say was the purpose of evening prayers and devotions?
(a) They were used to air grievances and build cases in ongoing disputes.
(b) They were used to discipline anyone who had broken the rules that day.
(c) They were used to heal any discord or right any wrong done during the day.
(d) They were used to prove who was right and who was wrong in whatever discord had taken place that day.

4. What type of communication does Bonhoeffer say that prayer during meditation is between a Christian and Jesus Christ?
(a) Public.
(b) Two-way.
(c) Personal and private.
(d) One-way.

5. What does Bonhoeffer say that praying for intercession enables the members of a community to see each other as?
(a) Losers.
(b) Sinners.
(c) Better than the others.
(d) Imperfect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say about one's ability to keep one's thoughts on track and focus during meditation?

2. What does Bonhoeffer belief should NOT start the day?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?

4. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?

5. Based on what Bonhoeffer says in Chapter 4, which of the elements of personal devotional time that he described in Chapter 3 tie in with the ministry of bearing?

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