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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Day Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Bonhoeffer also introduces the concept of intercession. What is intercession?
(a) Praying for one's own needs.
(b) Praying for others' needs.
(c) Praying for dead relatives.
(d) Where two streets join.

2. What is the apparent conflict that Chapter 3 raises?
(a) Having private devotional time vs. having community devotional time.
(b) Obeying the law vs. resisting the Nazis.
(c) Living alone vs. community life.
(d) Making money vs. sharing everything one owns with others.

3. When the day's work was completed, what happened at Bonhoeffer's seminary?
(a) An evening meal, then either television, movies, or board games.
(b) The evening meal, then evening songs, prayers, and devotions.
(c) An evening meal, then the seminarians went out on the town.
(d) An evening meal, then the seminarians went to bed.

4. Who schedules the entire day at the seminary?
(a) Bonhoeffer.
(b) The seminarians.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Hitler.

5. To Bonhoeffer, what do the times of day and night symbolize?
(a) Christ's effect on the world.
(b) Day and night.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) The Allies and the Axis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, whose responsibility is it to pray for intercession?

2. At the seminary, what are the first sounds of the dawn?

3. After the morning meal, what is the next event in a typical day at the seminary and how long does it last?

4. What is the overarching theme of Life Together?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, in a human community, what are weaker individuals influenced by?

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