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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that personal time for meditation, prayer, and intercession should be considered?
(a) A right.
(b) A privilege.
(c) A burden.
(d) An option.

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

4. Besides being a complete action in itself, what did Bonhoeffer say that confession is a preparatory step for?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Holy Communion.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Evening devotions.

5. What, according to Bonhoeffer's statements in Chapter 3, does silence for its own sake bring?
(a) Either anxiety and anger, or the false peace of self-deception.
(b) Either despair and fear, or the false peace of self-deception.
(c) Either despair and fear, or the false peace of self-enlightenment.
(d) Either calm and relaxation, or tiredness and boredom.

6. Does Bonhoeffer say that an individual is lonely while meditating?
(a) Sometimes, meditation can be lonely.
(b) No, meditation is not lonely.
(c) It depends on the individual.
(d) Yes, meditation is lonely.

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

8. According to Bonhoeffer, what is one of the incorrect reasons for seeking others' company?
(a) Desire for fellowship.
(b) Desire to help others.
(c) Fear of being alone.
(d) Fear of persecution.

9. What did Bonhoeffer say about one brother saying anything secretly against another, even with good intentions?
(a) He did not address it at all.
(b) There is nothing wrong with it
(c) It should be absolutely banned.
(d) It is permissible only if with good intentions.

10. What did Bonhoeffer call "an ultimate fulfillment of Christ's fellowship at table?"
(a) The Lord's Supper.
(b) Breakfast as a community.
(c) Dinner as a community.
(d) Church potlucks.

11. If another's sin is considered to be worse to one's own, Bonhoeffer says that service to the other is not _________.
(a) Necessary.
(b) Genuine.
(c) Worthwhile.
(d) Blessed by God.

12. What did Bonhoeffer say about the man who is in sin and who has yet to confess it?
(a) He should be pitied and felt sorry for.
(b) He is alone and separated from the community.
(c) He should be scorned and gossiped about.
(d) He should be envied and put on a pedestal.

13. How did Bonhoeffer compare the ministry of listening to speaking?
(a) Speaking is a greater service to another than listening.
(b) Neither speaking nor listening are important.
(c) Listening is a greater service to another than speaking.
(d) Speaking and listening are equally important services to others.

14. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?
(a) The power to influence others.
(b) The responsibilities of the seminary leader.
(c) The national government.
(d) What the head bully does.

15. In Chapter 5, when did Bonhoeffer say a brother needed some way to restore himself to community?
(a) When he strikes it rich and the others become jealous.
(b) When he returns from an extended period of solitude and silence.
(c) When he makes a mistake.
(d) When he returns from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Not saying bad things is the ministry of:

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that the blessings of successful struggle in solitude through the day alone and through strength of fellowship come from?

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

4. According to Bonhoeffer, whose responsibility is it to pray for intercession?

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

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