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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Bonhoeffer, in a human community, what are weaker individuals influenced by?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Stronger individuals.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) The whole community.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?
(a) Psychology.
(b) History.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Theology.

8. What did Bonhoeffer believe that the reading of Scripture helps teach?
(a) Doctrine and religious asceticism.
(b) Literacy and self-discipline.
(c) Man's history primarily for the sake of salvation.
(d) Love for our fellow man and an appreciation for all religions.

9. What does Bonhoeffer say is the origination point of spiritual love?
(a) God the Father.
(b) The enemy.
(c) The brother.
(d) Christ and His Word.

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

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

12. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?
(a) He becomes involved in a plot to overthrow Hitler.
(b) He becomes a secret agent for the Allies.
(c) He joins the Nazi Party.
(d) He goes into hiding.

13. Who signed the execution order that authorized Bonhoeffer's execution?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Hermann Goering.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Heinrich Himmler.

14. In which German city did Bonhoeffer grow up?
(a) Finkenwalde.
(b) Nuremberg.
(c) Munster.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bonhoeffer doing while living abroad from Germany?

2. What does Bonhoeffer belief should NOT start the day?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is work a cure for?

4. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.

5. Bonhoeffer believed that the Christian community belongs to one another and is able to fellowship together only through and in...

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