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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Bonhoeffer, should be a primary concern in personal intercession?
(a) Those being persecuted by the Nazis.
(b) World events and crises.
(c) Those in the fellowship who have asked for assistance.
(d) One's own personal needs.

2. What does Bonhoeffer say about meditation?
(a) It is the way to enlightenment.
(b) It is an essential part of community.
(c) It is the means to self-actualization.
(d) It is the way to Nirvana.

3. What does Bonhoeffer believe that his call from a life in exile to his present life at the seminary is?
(a) A mistake--he should have gone to India.
(b) A gift of God's grace.
(c) A death sentence.
(d) A gift of God's mercy--he would have hated it in India.

4. What did Bonhoeffer say about one's ability to keep one's thoughts on track and focus during meditation?
(a) If one cannot control one's thoughts and maintain focus, the penalty is ejection from the community.
(b) It is easy to keep one's thoughts on track and maintain one's focus.
(c) Thoughts often wander and it is difficult to maintain focus.
(d) When one's thoughts wander and when one's focus is lost, it's not the right time for meditation.

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?
(a) He is finishing a prayer in a service that he is conducting.
(b) He is writing a book.
(c) He is reading his Bible.
(d) He is serving Communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the ministry of bearing, what, according to Bonhoeffer, does a Christian fellowship do?

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

3. Bonhoeffer claimed that a Christian community is a ______ reality.

4. According to Bonhoeffer, in a human community, what are weaker individuals influenced by?

5. In what year did Dietrich Bonhoeffer return to Germany?

(see the answer key)

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