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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. What does Bonhoeffer belief should NOT start the day?
(a) Hymns of the Church.
(b) Prayer of the fellowship.
(c) Devotions of scripture reading.
(d) Concern for the day's work.

2. What was Bonhoeffer doing while living abroad from Germany?
(a) He was furthering his education.
(b) He was taking a sabbatical.
(c) He was seeking asylum.
(d) He was leading German congregations in London.

3. 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.

4. What does the noontime break remind the community members, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to work even harder.
(b) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to thank God that they have jobs.
(c) Their work does not provide daily bread; it is God's gift of grace.
(d) Their work does not provide daily bread; they need to be grateful to Bonhoeffer for sheltering them.

5. What did Bonhoeffer intend Life Together to be?
(a) An illustration of spiritual life in an illegal, secret Protestant seminary within the historical context of Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.
(b) A guide to the daily spiritual devotions of the seminary's community life.
(c) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.
(d) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the morning meal, what is the next event in a typical day at the seminary and how long does it last?

2. Who signed the execution order that authorized Bonhoeffer's execution?

3. What is the Psalter?

4. In which country had Bonhoeffer been living prior to his return to Germany?

5. What does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bonhoeffer become involved in plans to overthrow Hitler?

2. How, according to Bonhoeffer's fellow prisoners, does his attitude consistently remain throughout his captivity, even as he becomes increasingly isolated?

3. In Chapter 2, why is Bonhoeffer so insistent that singing should be done in unison?

4. What was the purpose of the monument to Bonhoeffer erected by pastors in Bavaria, Germany, ten years after his death?

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

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

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

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

9. How do the prison guards treat Bonhoeffer?

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

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