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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 almost never sins.
(c) A brother who is a close friend.
(d) A brother who can be trusted with a secret.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What is the confidence, according to Bonhoeffer, with which one can offer intercession for another?
(a) Knowing that God is merciful.
(b) Knowing that God hears prayer.
(c) Knowing oneself is being borne as well.
(d) Knowing that someone will always be there to listen.

7. In Chapter 3, Bonhoeffer also introduces the concept of intercession. What is intercession?
(a) Praying for one's own needs.
(b) Where two streets join.
(c) Praying for dead relatives.
(d) Praying for others' needs.

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

9. According to Bonhoeffer, the cross destroys _______ at its root.
(a) Evil.
(b) Death.
(c) Human pride.
(d) Sin.

10. 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) It frees Christians from the need to support each other.
(c) Christians must share in it just as they bear each other's burdens.
(d) Christians can never live up to it.

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

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

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

14. What metaphor did Bonhoeffer use to illustrate how a fellowship can be injured?
(a) The cycle of unemployment, poverty, and welfare.
(b) Trying to carry something too heavy for you.
(c) The telephone game.
(d) A sick and infected physical body.

15. Which Bible characters does Bonhoeffer present in Chapter 3 as examples of life alone?
(a) Noah, Abraham, and Issac.
(b) Paul, Timothy, and John.
(c) Jesus, Timothy, and Paul.
(d) Moses, David, and Elijah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ministry that requires that one think highly of others and little of oneself to serve them is the ministry of:

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

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is one of the incorrect reasons for seeking others' company?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community fellowship needs to survive and thrive?

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