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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, what does the whole life of a Christian consist of?
(a) Devotions, work, and prayer.
(b) Ministries, work, and sharing one's faith.
(c) Prayer, meditation, and intercession.
(d) Bearing or spiritually carrying the cross.

2. What did Bonhoeffer say is a possible downside to listening, serving, and bearing that the ministry of proclaiming can help correct?
(a) Becoming a doormat.
(b) Burnout.
(c) Not wanting to be critical of one's neighbor.
(d) Becoming overly critical of others.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, whose responsibility is it to pray for intercession?
(a) A pastor's.
(b) A nun's.
(c) A parent's.
(d) Every Christian.

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

5. What did Bonhoeffer say offers divine help?
(a) Confession.
(b) Intercession.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bonhoeffer, why did Christ become man?

2. What does Bonhoeffer say that praying for intercession enables the members of a community to see each other as?

3. What did Bonhoeffer say that personal time for meditation, prayer, and intercession should be considered?

4. What level of importance does Bonhoeffer place on intercession?

5. How far in advance of the Lord's Supper did Bonhoeffer say that the brethren should assemble together to beg forgiveness of each other?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Bonhoeffer say in Chapter 4 about a person who cannot listen to another patiently and at length?

3. Regarding the ministry of bearing, how did Bonhoeffer tie it to what he called the "fellowship of the cross?"

4. In Chapter 5, what kind of brother did Bonhoeffer say may better understand another's confession of sin?

5. In Chapter 5, what passage of Scripture did Bonhoeffer recommend examining oneself against when asking forgiveness?

6. Why does Bonhoeffer believe that the cross destroys human pride at its root?

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

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

9. What is Bonhoeffer's objective in Chapter 4?

10. Why did Bonhoeffer call the rules and recommendations he established in Chapter 4 "ministries?"

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