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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say is the source of human love? What can unfulfilled human love easily become?
(a) Desire for another; hatred.
(b) Desire for things; greed.
(c) Desire for things; materialism.
(d) Desire for another; loneliness.

2. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?
(a) Jesus Christ; serve others.
(b) The universe; be in harmony with the universe.
(c) Jesus Christ; serve Him.
(d) Inner peace; find Nirvana.

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

4. On April 8, 1945, when Bonhoeffer is taken to death row to be hanged the following day, what is he doing when he is taken from his cell?
(a) He is writing a book.
(b) He is finishing a prayer in a service that he is conducting.
(c) He is serving Communion.
(d) He is reading his Bible.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, the Christian community must learn to thank God daily for _____ things before learning to appreciate great things.
(a) Every.
(b) All.
(c) Small.
(d) Any.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

3. What did Bonhoeffer do just before going leaving Germany for England?

4. In which concentration camp was Bonhoeffer executed, on April 9, 1945?

5. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?

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