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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?
(a) Freedom to peach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of the printed word and assembly, Freedom of the Church to instruct its youth in the principles of Christianity.
(b) Freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
(c) Freedom to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom of dissent with the government.ospel for Christians in the German Church?
(d) Freedom to stand on biblical doctrine, Freedom of dissent with the government, and Freedom to instruct its youth the principles of Christianity.

2. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?
(a) As just another political arrangement designed to empower the wealthy.
(b) As an unpleasant political has forced on them by their enemies...who wanted Germany to be weak anyway.
(c) As preferable to Bolshevism.
(d) As a logical extension from the days of the Kaiser who ruled over the united Germanic tribes.

3. What choice did Bonhoeffer explain that the German church faced in a letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical conference in Fano?
(a) The German church faced the choice of being free or slave.
(b) The German church faced the choice of being at peace or at war.
(c) The German church faced the choice of either being Christian or National Socialist.
(d) The German church faced the choice of defending their faith or compromising it.

4. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.
(b) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(c) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.
(d) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.

5. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?
(a) To inform England of the turmoil coming to Germany and to safely lead a church insurrection from outside of Germany.
(b) To practically apply what he had learned of ministry and to prepare to become a German ex-patriot as the Nazis continued to absorb power.
(c) To minister freely without Nazi intrusions and to restore his energy for challenges in Germany that he knew were to come.
(d) To participate in honest "parish work" and to separate from the church struggles in Germany to gain perspective on the bigger picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Treaty of Versailles play a role in protecting Hitler from a coup, according to Metaxas?

2. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"

3. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?

4. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?

5. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?

(see the answer key)

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