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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. Life Together is the English translation of which German phrase?

2. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?

3. How was Bonhoeffer executed?

4. How does the day begin at the seminary?

5. What was the title of Bonhoeffer's doctoral thesis and dissertation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was special about the seminary at Finkenwalde?

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

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what do the books of the Bible between Genesis and Apocalypse describe?

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the effect of faith on logic?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer spends quite a bit of time explaining his beliefs about the importance of early-morning devotions in the life of his seminary. Using examples from the text, explain:

1) the activities undertaken by the seminary community at dawn during their devotions, then analyze why it--in Bonhoeffer's opinion--would not have been equally effective for these activities to take place at lunch, or just before bed.

2) why Bonhoeffer believed Christians should begin the new day with hymns and the Word of God. Compare and contrast, your own opinion of the peaceful way that Bonhoeffer says this starts the day with the way you start a typical day. Is the way you start your day as peaceful and stress-free as the way in which Bonhoeffer's seminarians start theirs, even though they're in the middle of a war and engaging in activity their government has deemed illegal?

Essay Topic 2

Using the text, either prove or disprove Bonhoeffer's claim in Chapter 5 that it is easier to deceive oneself that sin is forgiven by confessing it only to God and not also to a brother.

Essay Topic 3

Bonhoeffer fled to England after his critical 1933 radio broadcast in order to avoid conflict with the Nazi regime. Research what the consequences for disagreeing with or criticizing the Nazis were, then write an essay using this information to explain what the outcome of 'conflict with the Nazi regime' might have spelled for Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Make sure that you cite your references and include a bibliography.

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