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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Ministry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one falls into the habit of saying nothing at all, ever (which Bonhoeffer did not endorse), what desire did Bonhoeffer say could declare itself?
(a) To talk nonstop.
(b) To become a hermit.
(c) To dominate.
(d) To sleep all day.

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

3. According to Bonhoeffer, an activity within a Christian community that is not of Jesus Christ is based on what?
(a) Human self.
(b) Others.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) Society.

4. Who is arrested along with Bonhoeffer in 1943?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) His sister and brother-in-law.
(c) His sister and brother.
(d) His wife and children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bonhoeffer's purpose in writing Chapter 1?

2. What metaphor did Bonhoeffer use to illustrate how a fellowship can be injured?

3. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?

4. Bonhoeffer believed that the Christian community belongs to one another and is able to fellowship together only through and in...

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?

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