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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. Christians see Bonhoeffer as having died for his faith. What term is applied to this?
(a) Priest.
(b) Martyr.
(c) Prophet.
(d) Apostle.

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

3. What did Bonhoeffer believe that the reading of Scripture helps teach?
(a) Man's history primarily for the sake of salvation.
(b) Literacy and self-discipline.
(c) Doctrine and religious asceticism.
(d) Love for our fellow man and an appreciation for all religions.

4. Who became one of Bonhoeffer's teachers?
(a) Alfred Einstein, a well-known physicist.
(b) Sigmund Freud, a noted psychologist.
(c) Fritz Arnheim, a well-known historian.
(d) Karl Barth, a well-known theologian.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the first element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians realize they don't need anyone else; they are self-sufficient in their own resources and can make it on their own.
(b) Christians realize that it is safer for them to "go it alone" against the Nazis; to be together will be more dangerous. They will need to trust God to provide them individually with the resources they need to survive.
(c) Christians need others in order to survive the Nazis; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through the war.
(d) Christians need others because of Jesus Christ; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is God's Word?

3. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?

4. Which of these song titles is the title of an American Negro spiritual?

5. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?

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