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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Day with Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bonhoeffer's ideas are not susceptible to rigorous rational examination and do not make sense without belief in _____.
(a) Science.
(b) Religion.
(c) Faith.
(d) Peace.

2. What does the noontime break remind the community members, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Their work does not provide daily bread; it is God's gift of grace.
(b) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to thank God that they have jobs.
(c) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to work even harder.
(d) Their work does not provide daily bread; they need to be grateful to Bonhoeffer for sheltering them.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is work a cure for?
(a) Unbelief and mistrust.
(b) Fear and anxiety.
(c) Laziness and lethargy.
(d) Greed and gluttony.

4. How did Bonhoeffer view Christian fellowship?
(a) An unalienable right; a promise.
(b) A gift of love; a promise.
(c) A gift of grace; a privilege.
(d) A gift of faith; a privilege.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the first element that defined a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christians need others in order to survive the Nazis; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through the war.
(b) Christians need others because of Jesus Christ; they realize their own resources are not adequate to get them through life.
(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 realize they don't need anyone else; they are self-sufficient in their own resources and can make it on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?

2. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the third element that defines a Christian fellowship?

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

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

5. On April 8, 1945, when Bonhoeffer is taken to death row to be hanged the following day, what is he doing when he is taken from his cell?

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