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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the seminary, what are the first sounds of the dawn?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Hymns and the Word of God.
(c) Pots banging together and showers running.
(d) Roosters and alarm clocks.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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) The newspaper.
(d) Short verses.

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

9. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the first element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians need others in order to survive the Nazis; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through the war.
(b) Christians realize that it is safer for them to "go it alone" against the Nazis; to be together will be more dangerous. They will need to trust God to provide them individually with the resources they need to survive.
(c) Christians need others because of Jesus Christ; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through life.
(d) Christians realize they don't need anyone else; they are self-sufficient in their own resources and can make it on their own.

10. Which of these song titles is the title of an American Negro spiritual?
(a) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(b) Silent Night.
(c) Heaven Is A Place On Earth.
(d) How Great Thou Art.

11. Bonhoeffer's writings boil down to which following Scriptural statement?
(a) Christ's call is to be peaceful and not offend.
(b) Christ's call is to unity and reconciliation.
(c) Christ's call is to come and serve others.
(d) Christ's call is to come and die.

12. According to Bonhoeffer, what is work a cure for?
(a) Laziness and lethargy.
(b) Fear and anxiety.
(c) Unbelief and mistrust.
(d) Greed and gluttony.

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

14. What was Bonhoeffer's daily reading/listening recommendation for devotions?
(a) One verse from the Old Testament in the morning and one verse from the New Testament in the evening.
(b) One-half chapter from the Old Testament and one chapter from the New Testament, morning and evening.
(c) One chapter from the Old Testament and one-half chapter from the New Testament, morning and evening.
(d) One book from the Old Testament in the morning and one book from the New Testament in the evening.

15. 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 was God become man, but didn't take on human nature.
(d) He had special powers to protect Christians from the Nazis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the last book of the Bible?

5. What does Bonhoeffer say pastors and congregants should do about the community they find themselves in?

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