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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bonhoeffer stated that "One can either believe or see, but faith has no need to see in order to ________. Seeing does not need to believe in order to see."
(a) Trust.
(b) Hope.
(c) Believe.
(d) Know.

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

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

4. What is the overarching theme of Life Together?
(a) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.
(b) A guide to the daily spiritual devotions of the seminary's community life.
(c) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.
(d) An illustration of spiritual life in an illegal, secret Protestant seminary within the historical context of Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.

5. Who signed the execution order that authorized Bonhoeffer's execution?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Hermann Goering.
(c) Heinrich Himmler.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bonhoeffer's purpose in writing Chapter 1?

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the first element that defined a Christian fellowship?

3. What was Bonhoeffer doing while living abroad from Germany?

4. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?

5. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of how many children?

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