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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Bonhoeffer believed that the Christian community belongs to one another and is able to fellowship together only through and in...
(a) The Bible.
(b) Faith.
(c) Bonhoeffer.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

5. What German city did Bonhoeffer return to?
(a) Dusseldorf.
(b) Finkenwald.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Flossenberg.

6. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is God's Word?
(a) The whole and entire Bible.
(b) Any spiritual text, from any religion.
(c) The Old Testament only.
(d) Whatever parts of the Bible an individual believes and agrees with.

7. How does the day begin at the seminary?
(a) With air-raid drills.
(b) With devotions.
(c) With breakfast.
(d) With calisthenics.

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

9. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?
(a) The power of evil.
(b) Either the hands of God or the power of evil.
(c) Security and safety.
(d) The hands of God.

10. 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) Three separate Gods.
(c) One God, that takes on three different modes.
(d) Three persons in one God.

11. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a spiritual community, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Eros.
(b) Phileo.
(c) Theos.
(d) Agape.

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

13. Bonhoeffer firmly believed that a brotherhood is bound together by:
(a) Experience.
(b) Faith.
(c) Shared possessions.
(d) Persecution.

14. The term "Word of God" can be applied to which two elements of Christianity?
(a) The Bible; Jesus Christ.
(b) Jesus Christ; Christians.
(c) The Bible; the Church.
(d) Christians; the Church.

15. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, how are Christ's followers gathered together as the worldwide Body of Christ while on Earth?

2. Bonhoeffer's writings boil down to which following Scriptural statement?

3. What does Bonhoeffer say is the origination point of spiritual love?

4. What is the title of Bonhoeffer's first book?

5. What does Bonhoeffer call work?

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