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

2. What did Bonhoeffer say was the purpose of evening prayers and devotions?
(a) They were used to heal any discord or right any wrong done during the day.
(b) They were used to air grievances and build cases in ongoing disputes.
(c) They were used to prove who was right and who was wrong in whatever discord had taken place that day.
(d) They were used to discipline anyone who had broken the rules that day.

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

4. How does Bonhoeffer believe that is it possible for Christians to remain together spiritually, even when scattered throughout the world?
(a) It is possible through Jesus Christ.
(b) It is possible through God the Father.
(c) It is possible through e-mails and instant messages.
(d) It is possible through the Holy Spirit.

5. What does Bonhoeffer say is the origination point of spiritual love?
(a) The enemy.
(b) Christ and His Word.
(c) God the Father.
(d) The brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last book of the Bible?

2. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.

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

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe that the reading of Scripture helps teach?

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