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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. After the Gestapo closes down Bonhoeffer's seminary and forbids him to teach, what does he do?
2. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a human community, according to Bonhoeffer?
3. Bonhoeffer stated that "One can either believe or see, but faith has no need to see in order to ________. Seeing does not need to believe in order to see."
4. At which U.S. school did Bonhoeffer study Niebuhr and fall in love with American Negro spirituals?
5. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Bonhoeffer returns to Berlin after his term at Union Theological Seminary, what does he do?
2. What does the book of Apocalypse (also known as Revelation) describe?
3. What was the purpose of the monument to Bonhoeffer erected by pastors in Bavaria, Germany, ten years after his death?
4. Where are Bonhoeffer and his family held from 1943 to October 1944?
5. Does spiritual love desire immediacy or the nearness of other human beings, according to Bonhoeffer? Why or why not?
6. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is a Christian's source of guilt or innocence?
7. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the best way for a Christian to accomplish his work? Why?
8. How does Bonhoeffer describe visionaries?
9. What was special about the seminary at Finkenwalde?
10. According to Bonhoeffer, as an adult Christian reads the Bible daily, what should happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapter 4, Bonhoeffer said that our tendency to size each other up when we first meet causes discord and, in fact, even the original apostles in Scripture wondered about their ranking. Using the text, identify some of the apostles that Bonhoeffer mentioned and what they did to try to jockey for position in their respective fellowships. Then, compare their behavior to what people do in today's society (look up current events, especially in government, to see similar behavior) to jockey for position and advise whether, in your opinion, people's behavior has changed much through the centuries.
Essay Topic 3
Define and explain, supporting with examples from the text, the three elements that Bonhoeffer says (in Chapter 1) define the meaning of Christian brethren in fellowship. In addition to the three elements defining the meaning of Christian brethren in fellowship, Bonhoeffer made, in Chapter 1, two additional claims in faith that are essential to understanding his beliefs about and his interpretation of Christian brotherhood. Using the text to support your statements, define and explain these additional claims about the nature of Christian brotherhood.
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