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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Day with Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?
(a) A gift of grace; a privilege.
(b) A gift of love; a promise.
(c) A gift of faith; a privilege.
(d) An unalienable right; a promise.

2. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?
(a) Gemeinsames Zusammen.
(b) Leben Gemeinsames.
(c) Alles Zusammen.
(d) Gemeinsames Leben.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?
(a) The hands of God.
(b) The power of evil.
(c) Security and safety.
(d) Either the hands of God or the power of evil.

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

5. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?
(a) Theology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Bonhoeffer executed?

2. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?

3. What German city did Bonhoeffer return to?

4. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?

5. 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."

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