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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 Bonhoeffer say that both intercession and personal prayer should be related to?
(a) Current events.
(b) The person for whom one is interceding.
(c) The tasks at hand for the day.
(d) The scriptural passage used in meditation.

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that man's desire to be his own god makes him?
(a) A seeker of enlightenment.
(b) Normal.
(c) Wicked.
(d) Confused.

3. According to Bonhoeffer, what does the whole life of a Christian consist of?
(a) Prayer, meditation, and intercession.
(b) Bearing or spiritually carrying the cross.
(c) Ministries, work, and sharing one's faith.
(d) Devotions, work, and prayer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community fellowship needs to survive and thrive?

2. What level of importance does Bonhoeffer place on intercession?

3. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say about the man who is in sin and who has yet to confess it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Christians assemble together the day before Holy Communion to beg forgiveness of each other, what did Bonhoeffer say they are to confess?

2. Thinking back over Chapters 1-3, what was the overarching message of these chapters? (Hint: A clue can be gleaned from the chapter titles).

3. Regarding the ministry of bearing, how did Bonhoeffer tie it to what he called the "fellowship of the cross?"

4. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community member who has sinned can no longer experience until he confesses his sins? Why?

5. Why did Bonhoeffer place such importance upon silence during times of solitude?

6. As Chapter 3 came to a close, what did Bonhoeffer say about the dimension of solitude and exile he described in community life?

7. When discussing the ministry of authority in Chapter 4, what other ministries did Bonhoeffer say had to be in effect in order for genuine spiritual authority to be present?

8. Likewise, how does Bonhoeffer describe personal prayer in Chapter 3?

9. According to what Bonhoeffer said, what does confession to - and absolution by - a brother confessor provide to an individual?

10. What did Bonhoeffer say was the result of resisting weakening by giving in to sin in the day spent alone?

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