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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first book of the Bible?
(a) Genesis.
(b) John.
(c) Apocalypse (Revelation).
(d) Psalms.

2. In which country had Bonhoeffer been living prior to his return to Germany?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) India.

3. What was Bonhoeffer's claim about singing that is not directed towards God?
(a) It still glorifies God.
(b) There is nothing wrong with it.
(c) It helps encourage other believers.
(d) It is singing to idols.

4. What did Bonhoeffer say is the source of human love? What can unfulfilled human love easily become?
(a) Desire for things; materialism.
(b) Desire for things; greed.
(c) Desire for another; loneliness.
(d) Desire for another; hatred.

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?
(a) Incited conflict and strife and destroyed peace and understanding.
(b) Tended to drift from community to aloneness.
(c) The effect of the ego was neutral on the quality of the relationships.
(d) Developed harmony and good will, and enabled peace and understanding.

6. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?
(a) The Church and the Resistance movement.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) His former seminarians.
(d) The Allies.

7. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?
(a) One God, that has appeared in three different manifestations throughout time.
(b) One God, that takes on three different modes.
(c) Three persons in one God.
(d) Three separate Gods.

8. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of how many children?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

9. Christians see Bonhoeffer as having died for his faith. What term is applied to this?
(a) Martyr.
(b) Priest.
(c) Apostle.
(d) Prophet.

10. In which concentration camp was Bonhoeffer executed, on April 9, 1945?
(a) Mauthausen.
(b) Flossenburg.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

11. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the purpose of the fellowship that takes place when meals are shared at the table?
(a) It is an occasion to rejoice and celebrate the working day.
(b) It is an occasion to get nourishment and complain about how hard life is.
(c) It is a chance to win the favor of Bonhoeffer by volunteering to do extra work around the seminary.
(d) It is a chance to gorge oneself and establish one's position in the seminary.

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

13. Who became one of Bonhoeffer's teachers?
(a) Sigmund Freud, a noted psychologist.
(b) Karl Barth, a well-known theologian.
(c) Fritz Arnheim, a well-known historian.
(d) Alfred Einstein, a well-known physicist.

14. What does Bonhoeffer do after the Nazis forbid him to teach, write, or publish?
(a) He continues to teach, write, and publish in defiance of the Nazi ban, traveling throughout Germany to do so.
(b) He flees to the United States and takes classes at Union Theological Seminary.
(c) He flees the country and takes a pastorate in England.
(d) He complies with the order and travels throughout Germany encouraging other Christians to do the same.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?

4. What was the title of Bonhoeffer's doctoral thesis and dissertation?

5. How does Bonhoeffer believe that is it possible for Christians to remain together spiritually, even when scattered throughout the world?

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