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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say is a possible downside to listening, serving, and bearing that the ministry of proclaiming can help correct?
(a) Burnout.
(b) Becoming a doormat.
(c) Not wanting to be critical of one's neighbor.
(d) Becoming overly critical of others.

2. How did Bonhoeffer say that one may re-establish communication with the fellowship?
(a) By making a phone call.
(b) By undergoing a penance ritual.
(c) By confessing sin.
(d) By paying a fine.

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

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

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

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

7. What are the two primary things Bonhoeffer discusses in Chapter 5?
(a) Confession and communion.
(b) Grace and mercy.
(c) Community and solitude.
(d) Salvation and baptism.

8. In the context of Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that Jesus' crucifixion and death on the cross destroys?
(a) Faith and hope.
(b) Sin and death.
(c) Hatred and prejudice.
(d) Human pride.

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

10. 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 very narrow minded.
(b) His faith increased over time.
(c) He became a more tolerant person.
(d) He became able to work miracles.

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

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

13. In the context of Chapter 5, what is making a mistake also known as?
(a) Failure.
(b) Screwing up.
(c) Missing the mark.
(d) Sin.

14. How far in advance of the Lord's Supper did Bonhoeffer say that the brethren should assemble together to beg forgiveness of each other?
(a) The day before.
(b) An hour before.
(c) The week before.
(d) Two days before.

15. Bonhoeffer says that confessing sin to another is ____________.
(a) Fun.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) Embarrassing.
(d) Humiliating.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bonhoeffer say that brotherly confession is most effective?

2. What does Bonhoeffer say that praying for intercession enables the members of a community to see each other as?

3. Bonhoeffer says that one truly becomes a brother only if:

4. What, according to Bonhoeffer, should be a primary concern in personal intercession?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what makes a person feel alone?

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