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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ten years after Bonhoeffer's death, what event takes place in commemoration of his sacrifice?
(a) His seminary re-opens in Finkenwalde.
(b) Bavarian pastors erect a monument in his honor.
(c) He is awarded a posthumous Nobel prize.
(d) The Pope canonizes him.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, in a human community, what are weaker individuals influenced by?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Stronger individuals.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) The whole community.

3. How was Bonhoeffer executed?
(a) Gas chamber.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Hanging.

4. At which U.S. school did Bonhoeffer study Niebuhr and fall in love with American Negro spirituals?
(a) Oral Roberts University.
(b) Dallas Theological Seminary.
(c) Union Theological Seminary.
(d) Princeton Seminary.

5. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.

2. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?

3. What did Bonhoeffer believe that the reading of Scripture helps teach?

4. What does Bonhoeffer say is the origination point of spiritual love?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, an activity within a Christian community that is not of Jesus Christ is based on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bonhoeffer say that a Christian community is different from any other form of human community?

2. In Chapter 1, what did Bonhoeffer say about Christians extending mercy and forgiveness to one another?

3. How does Bonhoeffer describe visionaries?

4. According to Bonhoeffer, as an adult Christian reads the Bible daily, what should happen?

5. What does the book of Genesis describe?

6. What effect did Bonhoeffer believe that living in exile, with unbelievers, could have on a Christian's faith?

7. What was special about the seminary at Finkenwalde?

8. How do the prison guards treat Bonhoeffer?

9. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is a Christian's source of guilt or innocence?

10. In Chapter 1, what source did Bonhoeffer use to establish how a community should live together? Why?

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