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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 does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?
(a) The Word of God.
(b) Encouraging one another.
(c) Making lots of money.
(d) Surviving the Nazi threat.

2. What does Bonhoeffer say pastors and congregants should do about the community they find themselves in?
(a) Make as many friends as possible and form a network of cliques.
(b) Analyze their fellow believers and help them fix all their problems.
(c) Complain and gossip about their fellow believers every chance they get.
(d) Examine themselves and thank God for a chance to grow.

3. At which U.S. school did Bonhoeffer study Niebuhr and fall in love with American Negro spirituals?
(a) Dallas Theological Seminary.
(b) Princeton Seminary.
(c) Union Theological Seminary.
(d) Oral Roberts University.

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

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?
(a) To bring unity among all the world's religions.
(b) To put belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior into Christians' hearts.
(c) To bring peace to the world.
(d) To resolve the conflicts that inevitably develop in Christian communities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before Bonhoeffer accepted his position at the seminary, he was considering going to India. What was he going to do in India?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is one of the incorrect reasons for seeking others' company?

5. At the seminary, what are the first sounds of the dawn?

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