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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?
(a) He saw the terrible nature of Nazi anti-semitism.
(b) He saw how people whose businesses failed and those who were caught in poverty or crime lived.
(c) It helped him with the realization of how his German heritage would direct his life.
(d) He learned how Germany was influencing the governments and cultures of other countries.

2. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?
(a) "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."
(b) "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
(c) "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."
(d) "I believe that interpretation is not necessary in art."

3. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?
(a) Erwin Sutz.
(b) Karl Barth.
(c) Emil Brunner.
(d) Georg Wobbermin.

4. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?
(a) Karl Holl.
(b) Adolf Deissman.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) Adolf von Harnack.

5. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?
(a) Heckel implied that Bonhoeffer's activities with non-German church leaders were considered treasonous.
(b) Heckel pointed out that the government knew where Bonhoeffer's family lived.
(c) Heckel said that if Bonhoeffer returned he could be put in a concentration camp.
(d) Heckel said that he could use his position to have his degrees rescinded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of 1923, what does Metaxas claim could be bought with 100,000 marks?

2. What does Metaxas report to be the conditions in Germany that inspired Adolph Hitler to lead the Bierhall Putch?

3. What was the question that Metaxas claims Jean Lassere put to Bonhoeffer that led him to become involved in the ecumenical movement?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the name of the church wherein Bonhoeffer heard the preaching of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.?

5. How does Metaxas describe the "Thursday Circle"?

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