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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) "I believe that interpretation is not necessary in art."
(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) "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."

3. 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 married another man while he was travelling.
(c) Because she was Jewish.
(d) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.

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

5. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?
(a) The crowd at the Vatican was subdued and respectful as the Pope gave his observations.
(b) Bonhoeffer's former classmates and professors were somber as each offered a eulogy.
(c) Flossenburg camp survivors were subdued and sought to avoid detection.
(d) It seemed strange to many Britons to honor a German citizen after suffering from the war with Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

4. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's death, according to Metaxas?

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

(see the answer key)

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