Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.
(a) Physical.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Human.

2. What did Bonhoeffer intend Life Together to be?
(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.

3. How does Bonhoeffer believe that is it possible for Christians to remain together spiritually, even when scattered throughout the world?
(a) It is possible through e-mails and instant messages.
(b) It is possible through the Holy Spirit.
(c) It is possible through God the Father.
(d) It is possible through Jesus Christ.

4. At which U.S. school did Bonhoeffer study Niebuhr and fall in love with American Negro spirituals?
(a) Princeton Seminary.
(b) Union Theological Seminary.
(c) Dallas Theological Seminary.
(d) Oral Roberts University.

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

6. What is the title of Bonhoeffer's first book?
(a) Life Together.
(b) Discipleship.
(c) Creation and Fall.
(d) Act and Being.

7. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?
(a) Leben Gemeinsames.
(b) Gemeinsames Leben.
(c) Alles Zusammen.
(d) Gemeinsames Zusammen.

8. Ten years after Bonhoeffer's death, what event takes place in commemoration of his sacrifice?
(a) The Pope canonizes him.
(b) His seminary re-opens in Finkenwalde.
(c) Bavarian pastors erect a monument in his honor.
(d) He is awarded a posthumous Nobel prize.

9. What Bonhoeffer's purpose in writing Chapter 1?
(a) He draws upon examples and passages from the Bible to show how a seminary should be run.
(b) He draws upon examples and passages from the Bible to show how a community should live together.
(c) He draws upon examples from society to show why the Nazis should be overthrown.
(d) He draws upon examples from society to show how a community should live together.

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

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

12. What did Bonhoeffer believe was special about Jesus Christ?
(a) He was God become man, thereby taking on human nature.
(b) There was nothing special about Jesus Christ in Bonhoeffer's eyes.
(c) He had special powers to protect Christians from the Nazis.
(d) He was God become man, but didn't take on human nature.

13. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.
(a) Short verses.
(b) Hitler's latest propaganda.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The Psalter.

14. How was Bonhoeffer executed?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Firing squad.
(c) Gas chamber.
(d) Beheading.

15. What did Bonhoeffer believe that experiencing loneliness could do for Christians?
(a) It enables them to recognize each other in the presence of Christ.
(b) It could discourage them and cause them to give up their faith.
(c) It enables them to recognize the presence of Christ in each other.
(d) It could make them loners, unwilling to properly participate in church life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer do just before going leaving Germany for England?

2. Who schedules the entire day at the seminary?

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

4. What did Bonhoeffer believe that the reading of Scripture helps teach?

5. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?

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