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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Day Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer, in contrast, say is the source of spiritual love and what does it desire to do?
(a) Jesus Christ; serve others.
(b) Inner peace; find Nirvana.
(c) The universe; be in harmony with the universe.
(d) Jesus Christ; serve Him.

2. What does Bonhoeffer call work?
(a) The "it."
(b) Life's ultimate purpose.
(c) A necessary evil.
(d) The "Thou."

3. What does Bonhoeffer say that praying for intercession enables the members of a community to see each other as?
(a) Imperfect.
(b) Sinners.
(c) Losers.
(d) Better than the others.

4. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Human.
(d) Physical.

5. What is the premise of Life Together?
(a) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.
(b) An illustration of spiritual life in an illegal, secret Protestant seminary within the historical context of Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.
(c) A guide to the daily spiritual devotions of the seminary's community life.
(d) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Bonhoeffer's purpose in writing Chapter 1?

3. What does Bonhoeffer consider the voice of the Church to be?

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

5. According to Bonhoeffer, the Christian community must learn to thank God daily for _____ things before learning to appreciate great things.

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