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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?
(a) His brother got married.
(b) The Nazi Party was elected to the second largest political party in Germany.
(c) His first love got married.
(d) The Japanese left the League of nations.

2. What theological battle was being waged when Bonhoeffer arrived in America, according to Metaxas?
(a) A battle between creationists and evolutionists.
(b) A battle between liberals and fundamentalists.
(c) A battle between Catholics and Protestants.
(d) A battle between Calvinists and Armenians.

3. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?
(a) By taking additional work as a university professor and medical writer.
(b) By selling the family home.
(c) By taking payment in other currencies than the Deutch Mark.
(d) By cashing in a life insurance policy.

4. How does Metaxas report a member of Igel described Bonhoeffer?
(a) "Extremely secure and self-confident, not vain, but 'able to tolerate criticism.'"
(b) "A Champion of the kaiser and the policies of Bismarck."
(c) "Generally patriotic."
(d) "Far more rooted in his home than was customary among his fellow students."

5. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?
(a) 7.
(b) One.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas identify as the difference between the theological debate in the U.S. in the 1930's and those in which Bonhoeffer participated as he was earning his doctorate degrees?

3. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?

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

5. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?

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