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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 does Bonhoeffer state that the duty of a Christian is?
(a) To follow the example of Christ by waging war against the enemies of God.
(b) To follow the example of Christ by hiding together away from the world and waiting for His return.
(c) To follow the example of Christ by only interacting with the friends of God.
(d) To follow the example of Christ by bringing peace while living among the enemies of God.

2. Why did Bonhoeffer return to Germany?
(a) To run a secret hospital for Jews.
(b) To join the Nazi Party.
(c) To take charge of an illegal seminary.
(d) To pastor an underground church.

3. What did Bonhoeffer intend Life Together to be?
(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) An autobiography of Bonhoeffer's life.
(d) The Christian practices, beliefs, and principles by which Bonhoeffer leads his seminarians in daily life together.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, what was the third element that defines a Christian fellowship?
(a) Christian fellowships are transitory and temporary.
(b) Christians were not chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (free will).
(c) Christian fellowships always end in strife and failure because they involve selfish, fallen humans.
(d) Christians were chosen by God to be Christians from eternity (predestination).

5. What does Bonhoeffer do after the Nazis forbid him to teach, write, or publish?
(a) He continues to teach, write, and publish in defiance of the Nazi ban, traveling throughout Germany to do so.
(b) He complies with the order and travels throughout Germany encouraging other Christians to do the same.
(c) He flees to the United States and takes classes at Union Theological Seminary.
(d) He flees the country and takes a pastorate in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say is the source of human love? What can unfulfilled human love easily become?

2. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?

3. What did Bonhoeffer say orders and disciplines the seminarians' entire day?

4. Bonhoeffer firmly believed that a brotherhood is bound together by:

5. In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer makes the following statement: "The Christian understands that the burden and labor of the day gives meaning to ______."

(see the answer key)

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