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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Confession and Communion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bonhoeffer said that sin ________ confessed individually to every brother.
(a) Needs to be.
(b) Might need to be, depending on the sin committed,
(c) Does not need to be.
(d) Ought to be.

2. What did Bonhoeffer say causes injury to a fellowship?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Not engaging in intercession for each other.
(c) Every sin in thought, word, or deed.
(d) Not working hard enough.

3. When one falls into the habit of saying nothing at all, ever (which Bonhoeffer did not endorse), what desire did Bonhoeffer say could declare itself?
(a) To become a hermit.
(b) To sleep all day.
(c) To dominate.
(d) To talk nonstop.

4. What character trait is practiced through the ministry of helpfulness, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Humility.
(b) Meekness.
(c) Mercifulness.
(d) Patience.

5. What does Bonhoeffer say pastors and congregants should do about the community they find themselves in?
(a) Examine themselves and thank God for a chance to grow.
(b) Complain and gossip about their fellow believers every chance they get.
(c) Make as many friends as possible and form a network of cliques.
(d) Analyze their fellow believers and help them fix all their problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Bible characters does Bonhoeffer present in Chapter 3 as examples of life alone?

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

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?

4. In 1939, what does Dietrich Bonhoeffer commit himself to supporting?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say that the blessings of successful struggle in solitude through the day alone and through strength of fellowship come from?

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