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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of communication does Bonhoeffer say that prayer during meditation is between a Christian and Jesus Christ?
(a) One-way.
(b) Two-way.
(c) Public.
(d) Personal and private.

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that personal time for meditation, prayer, and intercession should be considered?
(a) A right.
(b) A burden.
(c) A privilege.
(d) An option.

3. What does Bonhoeffer put forth as proof that there is a need for service to others?
(a) The existence of hunger.
(b) The different social classes in society.
(c) The initial reaction when one brother meets another.
(d) The existence of poverty.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, the ministry of listening is the ministry of:
(a) Paying attention to one another.
(b) Supporting one another.
(c) Thoughtfulness.
(d) Listening to one another.

5. What does Bonhoeffer consider the voice of the Church to be?
(a) Reading Scripture aloud.
(b) Singing as one (that is, in unison).
(c) Instrumental music.
(d) Singing in four-part harmony.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?

2. What was Bonhoeffer's claim about singing that is not directed towards God?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, an activity within a Christian community that is not of Jesus Christ is based on what?

4. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?

5. What does Bonhoeffer believe that his call from a life in exile to his present life at the seminary is?

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