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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer completed his second postdoctoral thesis?
(a) 27
(b) 23
(c) 33
(d) 31

3. 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."

4. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany?
(a) Bonhoeffer was giving a philosophical dissent with a popular, decades old, concept, the Fuhrer Principle, that promoted the belief that Germany needed a strong central leader.
(b) Bonhoeffer was giving a Christian rebuttal to the election of Hitler.
(c) Bonhoeffer was providing a Biblical analysis of Hitler's election.
(d) Bonhoeffer was alerting his listeners of the dangers of Hitler.

5. What was a recurring them that Bonhoeffer taught in the years before he became involved in the illegal seminaries of the Confessing Church, according to Metaxas?
(a) Grace--that coming into the presence of God is based upon His grace.
(b) Incarnation--that God did not create us to be disembodied spirits, but flesh-and-blood human beings.
(c) Original Sin--that man's condition is based upon the sin of Adam.
(d) Transubstantiation--that Christians take the blood and body of Christ in communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Metaxas, after Bonhoeffer had returned to Germany from New York, how did he view theology?

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

3. How does Metaxas claim Hitler viewed Christianity and the church?

4. How does Metaxas claim the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

5. How does Metaxas claim Karl Bonhoeffer influenced Berlin?

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