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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?
(a) He met her while ice skating on the canals in the morning.
(b) He met her at an "open evening" at the house of physicist Oscar meyer.
(c) He met her in her role as an assistant to Karl Wernicke, an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry.
(d) He met her while on a tour to Breslau.

2. What interests did Bonhoeffer's mother pass to her daughter?
(a) Her passion for horticulture.
(b) Her love of music and singing.
(c) Her religious devotion.
(d) Her interest in money and finance.

3. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?
(a) Growing up with Karl Bonhoeffer who would make him justify all his words.
(b) His experience in Rome.
(c) His desire for cultural and intellectual stimulation.
(d) The experience he had during the German hyper inflation.

4. What does Metaxas report to be the conditions in Germany that inspired Adolph Hitler to lead the Bierhall Putch?
(a) A populist disdain for Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.
(b) A desire to establish a constitutional republic.
(c) Hyperinflation of the German Mark due to attempts to meet the harsh economic terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
(d) A wave of nationalistic sentiment.

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(b) Because she was Jewish.
(c) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.
(d) Because she married another man while he was travelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?

2. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

3. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?

4. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?

5. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?

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