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

2. In which country had Bonhoeffer been living prior to his return to Germany?
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

3. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.
(a) Human.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Physical.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the third element that defines a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians were not chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (free will).
(b) Christian fellowships always end in strife and failure because they involve selfish, fallen humans.
(c) Christians were chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (predestination).
(d) Christian fellowships are transitory and temporary.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?
(a) To put belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior into Christians' hearts.
(b) To bring peace to the world.
(c) To bring unity among all the world's religions.
(d) To resolve the conflicts that inevitably develop in Christian communities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of how many children?

3. How does Bonhoeffer believe Christians should pray together to God?

4. Bonhoeffer believed that the Christian community belongs to one another and is able to fellowship together only through and in...

5. What does Bonhoeffer do after the Nazis forbid him to teach, write, or publish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does spiritual love desire immediacy or the nearness of other human beings, according to Bonhoeffer? Why or why not?

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

3. How do the prison guards treat Bonhoeffer?

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

5. How did the common morning devotions at the seminary begin, according to what we learned in Chapter 2?

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

7. What does the book of Genesis describe?

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

9. In Bonhoeffer's opinion, as expressed in Chapter 2, how do Christians discover the unity that can be found through a day's work?

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

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