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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 washed his head, hands, and feet first.
(b) Reconciled to his brother.
(c) He has fasted the day before.
(d) He is hungry.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what happens when one receives God's mercy?
(a) A desire to serve the community.
(b) A desire to serve others.
(c) A desire to serve oneself.
(d) A desire to serve God.

3. When one falls into the habit of saying nothing at all, ever (which Bonhoeffer did not endorse), what desire did Bonhoeffer say could declare itself?
(a) To sleep all day.
(b) To talk nonstop.
(c) To become a hermit.
(d) To dominate.

4. According to Bonhoeffer's statements, what does meditation promise as a result of seeking God?
(a) Salvation.
(b) World peace.
(c) Oneness with the universe.
(d) Happiness.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, whose responsibility is it to pray for intercession?
(a) A nun's.
(b) Every Christian.
(c) A pastor's.
(d) A parent's.

6. 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 much need there is in the world.
(d) It helps the brother understand how important he is.

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

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

9. 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) Christians can never live up to it.
(d) It frees Christians from the need to support each other.

10. According to Bonhoeffer, why did Christ become man?
(a) So all mankind can believe in him as Brother.
(b) So all mankind can believe in him.
(c) Bonhoeffer didn't believe that Christ became man.
(d) So all mankind can see that God is love.

11. When did Bonhoeffer say that brotherly confession is most effective?
(a) When divine severity is experienced daily.
(b) When brotherly severity and brotherly love are experienced daily.
(c) When divine love is experienced daily.
(d) When both divine severity and divine love are experienced daily.

12. What is the reverse of the concept put forth in the previous question?
(a) The ability to spend time together is essential to fellowship.
(b) The ability to spend time alone is essential to solitude.
(c) The ability to spend time alone is essential to fellowship.
(d) The ability to spend time alone is essential to faith.

13. What does Bonhoeffer say that both intercession and personal prayer should be related to?
(a) The scriptural passage used in meditation.
(b) The person for whom one is interceding.
(c) The tasks at hand for the day.
(d) Current events.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, the cross destroys _______ at its root.

2. What, according to Bonhoeffer, enables God's redeeming help to another?

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

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

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

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