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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does not provide daily bread; they need to be grateful to Bonhoeffer for sheltering them.
(c) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to thank God that they have jobs.
(d) Their work provides their daily bread; they need to work even harder.

2. Bonhoeffer believed in the Christian doctrine of a triune God. What is the definition of this doctrine?
(a) One God, that takes on three different modes.
(b) Three separate Gods.
(c) One God, that has appeared in three different manifestations throughout time.
(d) Three persons in one God.

3. What is the Greek word for the type of love found in a human community, according to Bonhoeffer?
(a) Kyrie.
(b) Eros.
(c) Agape.
(d) Phileo.

4. Which of the following is a true statement about what Christians can expect regarding being able to spend time in person with other Christians?
(a) According to the Bible, Christians will never have other Christians to live with.
(b) According to the Bible, Christians will sometimes have other Christians to live with and will sometimes be alone.
(c) According to the Bible, Christians will always have other Christians to live with.
(d) According to the Bible, Christians rarely receive the privilege of living together with other Christians.

5. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the community rest in while it sleeps?
(a) The hands of God.
(b) The power of evil.
(c) Either the hands of God or the power of evil.
(d) Security and safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the day's work was completed, what happened at Bonhoeffer's seminary?

2. Bonhoeffer's writings boil down to which following Scriptural statement?

3. After Life Together, Bonhoeffer publishes two additional books before which following event happens?

4. What is the Psalter?

5. According to Bonhoeffer, a daily reading of ______ is not the same as reading of the Scripture as a whole.

Short Essay Questions

1. How, according to Bonhoeffer's fellow prisoners, does his attitude consistently remain throughout his captivity, even as he becomes increasingly isolated?

2. In Bonhoeffer's opinion, as expressed in Chapter 2, how do Christians discover the unity that can be found through a day's work?

3. How did the common morning devotions at the seminary begin, according to what we learned in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, what source did Bonhoeffer use to establish how a community should live together? Why?

5. Why did Bonhoeffer move to England after his 1933 radio lecture that was critical of the German people's support of Hitler?

6. What does Bonhoeffer learn in childhood about Christianity that shapes his theology as an adult?

7. Why does Bonhoeffer say that a Christian community is different from any other form of human community?

8. In Chapter 2, why is Bonhoeffer so insistent that singing should be done in unison?

9. What was the purpose of the monument to Bonhoeffer erected by pastors in Bavaria, Germany, ten years after his death?

10. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the best way for a Christian to accomplish his work? Why?

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