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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?
(a) He joins the Nazi Party.
(b) He becomes a secret agent for the Allies.
(c) He becomes involved in a plot to overthrow Hitler.
(d) He goes into hiding.

2. Ten years after Bonhoeffer's death, what event takes place in commemoration of his sacrifice?
(a) Bavarian pastors erect a monument in his honor.
(b) The Pope canonizes him.
(c) His seminary re-opens in Finkenwalde.
(d) He is awarded a posthumous Nobel prize.

3. What did Bonhoeffer do just before going leaving Germany for England?
(a) He publicly criticized Germans in a radio broadcast for supporting Hitler.
(b) He publicly criticized Germans in a radio broadcast for not supporting Hitler.
(c) He publicly criticized the Allies in a radio broadcast for remaining neutral while Hitler gained power.
(d) He publicly criticized Hitler in a radio broadcast for not moving faster to make the Third Reich a reality.

4. In which concentration camp was Bonhoeffer executed, on April 9, 1945?
(a) Flossenburg.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Mauthausen.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

5. Which of these song titles is the title of an American Negro spiritual?
(a) Silent Night.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(c) How Great Thou Art.
(d) Heaven Is A Place On Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is arrested along with Bonhoeffer in 1943?

2. What did Bonhoeffer intend Life Together to be?

3. Bonhoeffer's writings boil down to which following Scriptural statement?

4. What is the overarching theme of Life Together?

5. What is the title of Bonhoeffer's first book?

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