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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. According to Bonhoeffer, how are Christ's followers gathered together as the worldwide Body of Christ while on Earth?
(a) Spiritually and invisibly.
(b) Spiritually and mentally.
(c) Spiritually and physically.
(d) Spiritually and visibly.

2. What did Bonhoeffer decide to study at the age of sixteen?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Theology.
(c) History.
(d) Psychology.

3. When the day's work was completed, what happened at Bonhoeffer's seminary?
(a) An evening meal, then the seminarians went to bed.
(b) The evening meal, then evening songs, prayers, and devotions.
(c) An evening meal, then either television, movies, or board games.
(d) An evening meal, then the seminarians went out on the town.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the purpose of the fellowship that takes place when meals are shared at the table?
(a) It is an occasion to rejoice and celebrate the working day.
(b) It is a chance to gorge oneself and establish one's position in the seminary.
(c) It is an occasion to get nourishment and complain about how hard life is.
(d) It is a chance to win the favor of Bonhoeffer by volunteering to do extra work around the seminary.

5. What is the first book of the Bible?
(a) Apocalypse (Revelation).
(b) John.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Genesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time do the seminary's daily devotions begin?

2. In which concentration camp was Bonhoeffer executed, on April 9, 1945?

3. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the effect of faith on logic?

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that human desire for community involves?

3. In Chapter 2, how does Bonhoeffer use the times of day and night as images to illustrate Christ's effect on the world?

4. What are the three kinds of fellowship at table that Bonhoeffer says, in Chapter 2, are mentioned in the Bible?

5. How does Bonhoeffer describe visionaries?

6. When Bonhoeffer returns to Berlin after his term at Union Theological Seminary, what does he do?

7. What did Bonhoeffer say about Christian brotherhood that is perceived, or sensed? Why?

8. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the best way for a Christian to accomplish his work? Why?

9. What does the book of Genesis describe?

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

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