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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bonhoeffer believe Christians should pray together to God?
(a) Silently, never out loud.
(b) Using only passages of Scripture that are appropriate.
(c) Using only pre-written, scripted prayers authorized by the Church.
(d) In their own words (free prayer).

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

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

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe was the secret of the Psalter?
(a) It unites Catholics and Protestants.
(b) It contains a hidden code that, if deciphered, will unlock spiritual mysteries.
(c) In an emergency, it will shelter the seminarians from being found.
(d) It unites the individual and the congregation.

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

7. When the day's work was completed, what happened at Bonhoeffer's seminary?
(a) An evening meal, then the seminarians went to bed.
(b) The evening meal, then evening songs, prayers, and devotions.
(c) An evening meal, then either television, movies, or board games.
(d) An evening meal, then the seminarians went out on the town.

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

9. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1933.

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

11. Who schedules the entire day at the seminary?
(a) Bonhoeffer.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The seminarians.

12. On April 8, 1945, when Bonhoeffer is taken to death row to be hanged the following day, what is he doing when he is taken from his cell?
(a) He is writing a book.
(b) He is reading his Bible.
(c) He is finishing a prayer in a service that he is conducting.
(d) He is serving Communion.

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

14. After Life Together, Bonhoeffer publishes two additional books before which following event happens?
(a) The government forbids him to write or publish.
(b) The seminary is closed.
(c) Hitler dies.
(d) He is thrown into prison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer consider the voice of the Church to be?

2. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what does a Christian seek from Jesus Christ?

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?

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

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