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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Ministry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Life Together, Bonhoeffer publishes two additional books before which following event happens?
(a) The government forbids him to write or publish.
(b) The seminary is closed.
(c) He is thrown into prison.
(d) Hitler dies.

2. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?
(a) His former seminarians.
(b) The Allies.
(c) The Church and the Resistance movement.
(d) The Nazi Party.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, the ministry of listening is the ministry of:
(a) Thoughtfulness.
(b) Listening to one another.
(c) Paying attention to one another.
(d) Supporting one another.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the Holy Spirit's purpose?
(a) To put belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior into Christians' hearts.
(b) To resolve the conflicts that inevitably develop in Christian communities.
(c) To bring peace to the world.
(d) To bring unity among all the world's religions.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the first element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians realize they don't need anyone else; they are self-sufficient in their own resources and can make it on their own.
(b) Christians need others in order to survive the Nazis; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through the war.
(c) Christians realize that it is safer for them to "go it alone" against the Nazis; to be together will be more dangerous. They will need to trust God to provide them individually with the resources they need to survive.
(d) Christians need others because of Jesus Christ; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?

2. What did Bonhoeffer claim is a benefit of the ministry of helpfulness?

3. What is the confidence, according to Bonhoeffer, with which one can offer intercession for another?

4. What is the apparent conflict that Chapter 3 raises?

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe was the secret of the Psalter?

(see the answer key)

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