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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the second evidence, according to Bonhoeffer, that a person's time spent in meditation, prayer, and intercession had put him in contact with God?
(a) He became able to work miracles.
(b) He became very narrow minded.
(c) He became a more tolerant person.
(d) His faith increased over time.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, from whom do people need evidence of forgiveness?
(a) Themselves.
(b) God.
(c) Both God and the community.
(d) The community.

3. What does Bonhoeffer say about the habits of self-justifying and judging others?
(a) They are normal human behavior.
(b) They are good.
(c) They are sin.
(d) They are evil.

4. Bonhoeffer said that sin ________ confessed individually to every brother.
(a) Needs to be.
(b) Ought to be.
(c) Does not need to be.
(d) Might need to be, depending on the sin committed,

5. According to Bonhoeffer, Christ said in Scripture that a brother should receive Communion (also known as the Lord's Supper) only if:
(a) He has fasted the day before.
(b) He has washed his head, hands, and feet first.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) Reconciled to his brother.

6. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?
(a) The law of Christ has no relationship to bearing one another's burdens.
(b) Christians must share in it just as they bear each other's burdens.
(c) It frees Christians from the need to support each other.
(d) Christians can never live up to it.

7. What did Bonhoeffer say that Jesus Christ gives his followers the authority to do in his name?
(a) To determine whether a government is good or evil and overthrow it if necessary.
(b) To establish a world-wide theocracy.
(c) To hear the confession of sins and save people.
(d) To hear the confession of sins and forgive sinners.

8. What type of communication does Bonhoeffer say that prayer during meditation is between a Christian and Jesus Christ?
(a) Two-way.
(b) Public.
(c) Personal and private.
(d) One-way.

9. What did Bonhoeffer say that preparation for the Lord's Supper is filled with?
(a) Prayers and joy.
(b) Brotherly admonition, encouragement, prayers, and joy.
(c) Brotherly admonition and encouragement.
(d) Fear, anxiety, stress, and enmity.

10. What did Bonhoeffer say that confession does to sin?
(a) It minimizes it.
(b) It hides it in darkness.
(c) It exposes it to light.
(d) It overemphasizes it.

11. What, according to Bonhoeffer, enables God's redeeming help to another?
(a) Humbly renouncing one's own abilities.
(b) God only helps those who help themselves.
(c) Practicing the Golden Rule.
(d) Treating others the way you want them to treat you.

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

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

14. What is the apparent conflict that Chapter 3 raises?
(a) Obeying the law vs. resisting the Nazis.
(b) Having private devotional time vs. having community devotional time.
(c) Living alone vs. community life.
(d) Making money vs. sharing everything one owns with others.

15. What type of person did Bonhoeffer say one should seek out as a confessor?
(a) A brother who understands the community's needs.
(b) A brother who can be trusted with a secret.
(c) A brother who is a close friend.
(d) A brother who almost never sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?

2. How did Bonhoeffer define "justification" in Chapter 4?

3. Does Bonhoeffer say that an individual is lonely while meditating?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say renews the unity of true fellowship in Jesus Christ?

5. How did Bonhoeffer say that one may re-establish communication with the fellowship?

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