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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 that both intercession and personal prayer should be related to?

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

3. In the context of Chapter 5, what is making a mistake also known as?

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

5. In Chapter 3, Bonhoeffer also introduces the concept of intercession. What is intercession?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Chapter 3 came to a close, what did Bonhoeffer say about the dimension of solitude and exile he described in community life?

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

3. Thinking back over Chapters 1-3, what was the overarching message of these chapters? (Hint: A clue can be gleaned from the chapter titles).

4. Finally, how did Bonhoeffer explain intercession in Chapter 3, which was also supposed to take place during a Christian's personal time with God? How much importance did he place on intercession?

5. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that each man thinks he has a right to?

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

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

8. What, in Chapter 5, did Bonhoeffer say is the fullness of Christian fellowship in community?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

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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