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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the whole life of a Christian consist of?
(a) Prayer, meditation, and intercession.
(b) Devotions, work, and prayer.
(c) Ministries, work, and sharing one's faith.
(d) Bearing or spiritually carrying the cross.

2. What does Bonhoeffer say about meditation?
(a) It is the way to enlightenment.
(b) It is the way to Nirvana.
(c) It is an essential part of community.
(d) It is the means to self-actualization.

3. According to what Bonhoeffer says, a ______ individual wants to be his own law.
(a) Strong.
(b) Self-sufficient.
(c) Weak.
(d) Selfish.

4. How did Bonhoeffer define "justification" in Chapter 4?
(a) Freedom from sin through the grace of God.
(b) Freedom from guilt through the grace of God.
(c) Fellowship through the grace of God.
(d) Salvation through the mercy of God.

5. Bonhoeffer noted two evidences that one's personal time spent in prayer, meditation and intercession had put that person in real contact with the strengthening and purifying power of God. One of the reasons is listed below; indicate it:
(a) The nature of the person's relationships throughout the day.
(b) What the person wears.
(c) What the person chooses to do for recreational time.
(d) The environment of the person's workaday world.

6. What did Bonhoeffer claim is a benefit of the ministry of helpfulness?
(a) It helps the brother understand how important he is.
(b) It helps the brother learn not to take himself and his career too seriously.
(c) It helps the brother be thankful for his career.
(d) It helps the brother understand how much need there is in the world.

7. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say the certainty of forgiveness requires?
(a) Confession of generic sins.
(b) Getting confirmation from the pastor.
(c) Confession of specific sins.
(d) Begging for it from the person offended.

8. Not saying bad things is the ministry of:
(a) Positive thinking.
(b) Meekness.
(c) Not gossiping.
(d) Holding one's tongue.

9. The ministry that requires that one think highly of others and little of oneself to serve them is the ministry of:
(a) Helpfulness, or thoughtfulness.
(b) Meekness, or gentleness.
(c) Meekness, or humility.
(d) Humility, or humbleness.

10. What character trait is practiced through the ministry of helpfulness, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Humility.
(b) Mercifulness.
(c) Meekness.
(d) Patience.

11. What level of importance does Bonhoeffer place on intercession?
(a) It's essential to the survival of Christian fellowship.
(b) It's essential to one's relatives escaping purgatory.
(c) It's essential to salvation.
(d) It's essential to the survival of the Church.

12. According to Bonhoeffer, what does silence enable?
(a) Concentration, relaxation, and the ability to study.
(b) The power of clarity, purity, and focus on the essentials.
(c) Boredom, anxiety, and restlessness.
(d) Irritation, anger, and failure of the community to bond.

13. What did Bonhoeffer say about one's ability to keep one's thoughts on track and focus during meditation?
(a) Thoughts often wander and it is difficult to maintain focus.
(b) When one's thoughts wander and when one's focus is lost, it's not the right time for meditation.
(c) If one cannot control one's thoughts and maintain focus, the penalty is ejection from the community.
(d) It is easy to keep one's thoughts on track and maintain one's focus.

14. According to Bonhoeffer, solitude and silence are __________ to the individual and to the community.
(a) Essential.
(b) Mandatory.
(c) Optional.
(d) Not essential.

15. According to Bonhoeffer, what has broken one's fellowship both with God and with one's brethren?
(a) Sin.
(b) Anger.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Laziness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reverse of the concept put forth in the previous question?

2. In Chapter 3, Bonhoeffer also introduces the concept of intercession. What is intercession?

3. What did Bonhoeffer say about the man who is in sin and who has yet to confess it?

4. What does Bonhoeffer believe that his call from a life in exile to his present life at the seminary is?

5. What type of communication does Bonhoeffer say that prayer during meditation is between a Christian and Jesus Christ?

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