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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Bonhoeffer, enables God's redeeming help to another?
(a) God only helps those who help themselves.
(b) Humbly renouncing one's own abilities.
(c) Treating others the way you want them to treat you.
(d) Practicing the Golden Rule.

2. According to Bonhoeffer, solitude and silence are __________ to the individual and to the community.
(a) Essential.
(b) Optional.
(c) Mandatory.
(d) Not essential.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the ministry of authority?
(a) The responsibilities of the seminary leader.
(b) The national government.
(c) The power to influence others.
(d) What the head bully does.

4. What did Bonhoeffer call "an ultimate fulfillment of Christ's fellowship at table?"
(a) The Lord's Supper.
(b) Church potlucks.
(c) Breakfast as a community.
(d) Dinner as a community.

5. What does Bonhoeffer say that praying for intercession enables the members of a community to see each other as?
(a) Imperfect.
(b) Better than the others.
(c) Losers.
(d) Sinners.

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

7. Bonhoeffer says that listening to the Word of God is the beginning of:
(a) Faith.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

8. Finish the following concept Bonhoeffer puts forth in Chapter 3: Only when one is at ease with fellowship....
(a) Can one understand God.
(b) Can one be alone.
(c) Can one enjoy work.
(d) Can one be with others.

9. What did Bonhoeffer claim is a benefit of the ministry of helpfulness?
(a) It helps the brother be thankful for his career.
(b) It helps the brother understand how much need there is in the world.
(c) It helps the brother learn not to take himself and his career too seriously.
(d) It helps the brother understand how important he is.

10. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community fellowship needs to survive and thrive?
(a) A good organizational structure and business plan.
(b) Lots of money and resources.
(c) Both strong and weak members.
(d) Only strong members.

11. What did Bonhoeffer say that the confession of sin enables?
(a) Gossip and teasing.
(b) Continuance in the sin.
(c) Experience in swallowing one's pride.
(d) Conversion to a new beginning in Christ.

12. The ministry that requires that one think highly of others and little of oneself to serve them is the ministry of:
(a) Helpfulness, or thoughtfulness.
(b) Meekness, or gentleness.
(c) Humility, or humbleness.
(d) Meekness, or humility.

13. In Chapter 4, by what word does Bonhoeffer refer to the rules and recommendations by which he says members of a fellowship should behave?
(a) Rules.
(b) Recommendations.
(c) Ministries.
(d) Laws.

14. What did Bonhoeffer say that personal time for meditation, prayer, and intercession should be considered?
(a) A burden.
(b) An option.
(c) A right.
(d) A privilege.

15. What, according to Bonhoeffer's statements in Chapter 3, does silence for its own sake bring?
(a) Either anxiety and anger, or the false peace of self-deception.
(b) Either despair and fear, or the false peace of self-deception.
(c) Either calm and relaxation, or tiredness and boredom.
(d) Either despair and fear, or the false peace of self-enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonhoeffer say about meditation?

2. 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?

3. How many times each day does Bonhoeffer say a Christian in community should spend time alone in silence?

4. How did Bonhoeffer define "justification" in Chapter 4?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what has broken one's fellowship both with God and with one's brethren?

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