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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. According to Bonhoeffer, what makes a person feel alone?
2. What did Bonhoeffer say about one brother saying anything secretly against another, even with good intentions?
3. Does Bonhoeffer say that an individual is lonely while meditating?
4. What is the reverse of the concept put forth in the previous question?
5. According to Bonhoeffer, what happens when one receives God's mercy?
Short Essay Questions
1. In presenting the ministry of holding one's tongue, what did Bonhoeffer say was completely removed if evil thoughts were not permitted to be said aloud, and if community members were absolutely banned from saying anything in secret about one another?
2. What, in Bonhoeffer's opinion, did one's learning to allow others to speak the Word of God (i.e. practice the ministry of proclaiming) allow a person to do?
3. In Chapter 4, what did Bonhoeffer say that members of a community need to pay attention to?
4. What, in Chapter 5, did Bonhoeffer say is the fullness of Christian fellowship in community?
5. In Chapter 3, what did Bonhoeffer say was one of the unhealthy ways to view fellowship? Why?
6. Likewise, how does Bonhoeffer describe personal prayer in Chapter 3?
7. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that each man thinks he has a right to?
8. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say the confessing Christian gives up by forsaking his sin?
9. According to what Bonhoeffer said, what does confession to - and absolution by - a brother confessor provide to an individual?
10. When discussing the ministry of authority in Chapter 4, what other ministries did Bonhoeffer say had to be in effect in order for genuine spiritual authority to be present?
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
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
In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer explains that a person should become completely absorbed in his/her work. Write an essay comparing either your favorite and your least favorite subject or your favorite and your least favorite chore. Explain why you like the favorite and dislike the favorite, then think about and explain how you might be able to apply Bonhoeffer's principle (back your statements up with the text) about becoming absorbed in your work so as to make the disliked subject or chore less of a burden.
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