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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. When did Bonhoeffer say that brotherly confession is most effective?
(a) When divine severity is experienced daily.
(b) When brotherly severity and brotherly love are experienced daily.
(c) When divine love is experienced daily.
(d) When both divine severity and divine love are experienced daily.

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

3. Does Bonhoeffer say that an individual is lonely while meditating?
(a) No, meditation is not lonely.
(b) Yes, meditation is lonely.
(c) It depends on the individual.
(d) Sometimes, meditation can be lonely.

4. What did Bonhoeffer say that the blessings of successful struggle in solitude through the day alone and through strength of fellowship come from?
(a) A sense of personal accomplishment.
(b) The Word of God.
(c) Spending time with others.
(d) Receiving a paycheck.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, Christ said in Scripture that a brother should receive Communion (also known as the Lord's Supper) only if:
(a) He is hungry.
(b) He has washed his head, hands, and feet first.
(c) Reconciled to his brother.
(d) He has fasted the day before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?

2. According to Bonhoeffer, the ministry of listening is the ministry of:

3. If another's sin is considered to be worse to one's own, Bonhoeffer says that service to the other is not _________.

4. Finish the following concept Bonhoeffer puts forth in Chapter 3: Only when one is at ease with fellowship....

5. What did Bonhoeffer say about the man who is in sin and who has yet to confess it?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say the confessing Christian gives up by forsaking his sin?

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

3. Why did Bonhoeffer place such importance upon silence during times of solitude?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say that confessing sin to a brother enables?

5. Likewise, how does Bonhoeffer describe personal prayer in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 4, what did Bonhoeffer say that members of a community need to pay attention to?

10. When Christians assemble together the day before Holy Communion to beg forgiveness of each other, what did Bonhoeffer say they are to confess?

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