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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 did Bonhoeffer say about the man who is in sin and who has yet to confess it?
(a) He should be pitied and felt sorry for.
(b) He should be envied and put on a pedestal.
(c) He is alone and separated from the community.
(d) He should be scorned and gossiped about.

2. What level of importance does Bonhoeffer place on intercession?
(a) It's essential to the survival of the Church.
(b) It's essential to the survival of Christian fellowship.
(c) It's essential to one's relatives escaping purgatory.
(d) It's essential to salvation.

3. What does Bonhoeffer say about the habits of self-justifying and judging others?
(a) They are good.
(b) They are normal human behavior.
(c) They are sin.
(d) They are evil.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is one of the incorrect reasons for seeking others' company?
(a) Fear of being alone.
(b) Desire to help others.
(c) Fear of persecution.
(d) Desire for fellowship.

5. What did Bonhoeffer say causes injury to a fellowship?
(a) Every sin in thought, word, or deed.
(b) Not engaging in intercession for each other.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Not working hard enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say that Jesus Christ gives his followers the authority to do in his name?

2. What type of person did Bonhoeffer say one should seek out as a confessor?

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?

4. According to Bonhoeffer, whose responsibility is it to pray for intercession?

5. What was the second evidence, according to Bonhoeffer, that a person's time spent in meditation, prayer, and intercession had put him in contact with God?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to what Bonhoeffer said, what does confession to - and absolution by - a brother confessor provide to an individual?

2. What did Bonhoeffer say was the result of resisting weakening by giving in to sin in the day spent alone?

3. In Chapter 3, what did Bonhoeffer say was one of the unhealthy ways to view fellowship? Why?

4. While discussing the various ministries, Bonhoeffer states once again that all members of a community experience sin. What did he specifically say, while discussing the ministry of bearing, about bearing with another in sin?

5. Finally, how did Bonhoeffer explain intercession in Chapter 3, which was also supposed to take place during a Christian's personal time with God? How much importance did he place on intercession?

6. What, in Bonhoeffer's opinion, did one's learning to allow others to speak the Word of God (i.e. practice the ministry of proclaiming) allow a person to do?

7. When discussing the ministry of authority in Chapter 4, what other ministries did Bonhoeffer say had to be in effect in order for genuine spiritual authority to be present?

8. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that each man thinks he has a right to?

9. When discussing the ministry of proclaiming, what did Bonhoeffer say we ultimately recognize when we see others as being in need of assistance, encouragement, and forgiveness?

10. What did Bonhoeffer claim that regular, scheduled time for personal meditation, prayer, and intercession would demonstrate for a community member?

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