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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?

2. How does Bonhoeffer say that Christians should receive each other?

3. Bonhoeffer's ideas are not susceptible to rigorous rational examination and do not make sense without belief in _____.

4. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

5. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bonhoeffer describe visionaries?

3. What did Bonhoeffer say that human desire for community involves?

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

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

6. In Chapter 2, how does Bonhoeffer use the times of day and night as images to illustrate Christ's effect on the world?

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

8. What does the book of Apocalypse (also known as Revelation) describe?

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

10. Why does Bonhoeffer say that a Christian community is different from any other form of human community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Bonhoeffer say, in Chapter 5, are the two dangers present in hearing the confession of brothers? Support your answer with references from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Bonhoeffer's ministries could be adapted to a community at your school, such as a sports team or club. Compare and contrast the organization's rules of conduct with Bonhoeffer's ministries, and analyze how the ministries could be applied and/or adapted to enhance the organization's rules of conduct.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Bonhoeffer said that a community fellowship needs both weak and strong members to survive and thrive. Explain what this statement means and provide examples both from the text and from current events as well as from your community that show how both weak and strong members enable a community to survive and thrive.

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