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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Confession and Communion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Bonhoeffer say is the best time of day for personal prayer, meditation and intercession?
(a) Early in the morning.
(b) Whenever it can be fit in.
(c) Late at night.
(d) At midday.

2. What does Bonhoeffer state that the duty of a Christian is?
(a) To follow the example of Christ by hiding together away from the world and waiting for His return.
(b) To follow the example of Christ by waging war against the enemies of God.
(c) To follow the example of Christ by bringing peace while living among the enemies of God.
(d) To follow the example of Christ by only interacting with the friends of God.

3. What does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?
(a) Surviving the Nazi threat.
(b) Making lots of money.
(c) Encouraging one another.
(d) The Word of God.

4. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?
(a) The law of Christ has no relationship to bearing one another's burdens.
(b) It frees Christians from the need to support each other.
(c) Christians can never live up to it.
(d) Christians must share in it just as they bear each other's burdens.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, from whom do people need evidence of forgiveness?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Both God and the community.
(c) God.
(d) The community.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ministry that requires that one think highly of others and little of oneself to serve them is the ministry of:

3. What did Bonhoeffer claim is a benefit of the ministry of helpfulness?

4. When did Bonhoeffer say that brotherly confession is most effective?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say that the blessings of successful struggle in solitude through the day alone and through strength of fellowship come from?

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