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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the second element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians come to others through the Church.
(b) Christians come to others through social channels.
(c) Christians are islands unto themselves.
(d) Christians come to others through Jesus Christ.

4. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1935.

5. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a human community, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Phileo.
(b) Eros.
(c) Kyrie.
(d) Agape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bonhoeffer's ideas are not susceptible to rigorous rational examination and do not make sense without belief in _____.

2. What did Bonhoeffer believe that human egos did to human relationships, without Christ's mediating influence?

3. Which of these song titles is the title of an American Negro spiritual?

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

5. Why did Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

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