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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. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?
(a) A gift of love; a promise.
(b) A gift of faith; a privilege.
(c) A gift of grace; a privilege.
(d) An unalienable right; a promise.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the second element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians come to others through social channels.
(b) Christians come to others through Jesus Christ.
(c) Christians come to others through the Church.
(d) Christians are islands unto themselves.

3. To Bonhoeffer, what do the times of day and night symbolize?
(a) Day and night.
(b) Christ's effect on the world.
(c) The Allies and the Axis.
(d) Good and evil.

4. What did Bonhoeffer believe was the secret of the Psalter?
(a) In an emergency, it will shelter the seminarians from being found.
(b) It unites Catholics and Protestants.
(c) It contains a hidden code that, if deciphered, will unlock spiritual mysteries.
(d) It unites the individual and the congregation.

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) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.
(d) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the third element that defines a Christian fellowship?

2. What did Bonhoeffer believe that experiencing loneliness could do for Christians?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, how are Christ's followers gathered together as the worldwide Body of Christ while on Earth?

4. What does Bonhoeffer belief should NOT start the day?

5. At the seminary, what happens after morning devotions are over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was special about the seminary at Finkenwalde?

6. What does Bonhoeffer learn in childhood about Christianity that shapes his theology as an adult?

7. Where are Bonhoeffer and his family held from 1943 to October 1944?

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

9. Shortly before he received the call to return to Germany and lead the seminary at Finkenwalde, what was Bonhoeffer making plans to do?

10. How does Bonhoeffer describe visionaries?

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