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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Bonhoeffer executed?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Gas chamber.
(d) Firing squad.

2. Who is arrested along with Bonhoeffer in 1943?
(a) His sister and brother.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) His mother and father.
(d) His sister and brother-in-law.

3. Bonhoeffer's ideas are not susceptible to rigorous rational examination and do not make sense without belief in _____.
(a) Peace.
(b) Faith.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

4. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?
(a) Three separate Gods.
(b) Three persons in one God.
(c) One God, that has appeared in three different manifestations throughout time.
(d) One God, that takes on three different modes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, the Christian community must learn to thank God daily for _____ things before learning to appreciate great things.

2. Who signed the execution order that authorized Bonhoeffer's execution?

3. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a spiritual community, according to Bonhoeffer?

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

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the second element that defined a Christian fellowship?

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