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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?
(a) Because many who were joining the group were not German or Christian.
(b) Because most Christians had already left Germany.
(c) Because they were following Adolf Hitler who was neither German or Christian.
(d) Because the group's embrace of heresy violated the definition of being Christian, and many true Germans disagreed with their positions.

2. 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) Original Sin--that man's condition is based upon the sin of Adam.
(c) Transubstantiation--that Christians take the blood and body of Christ in communion.
(d) Incarnation--that God did not create us to be disembodied spirits, but flesh-and-blood human beings.

3. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.
(b) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(c) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.
(d) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.

4. 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?
(a) Bonhoeffer was eager to use the Bible and church history to support his positions, but none of the contestants in the American debate sought such support.
(b) Bonhoeffer's European debates were founded on centuries of church heritage which the American debates neglected.
(c) Bonhoeffer respected those with whom he disagreed, but sides in the American debate would tolerate no contributions from their detractors.
(d) Those who participated in the American debate accepted conclusions to various arguments but showed no interest in finding how those conclusions were developed.

5. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid theologian without studying philosophy.
(b) Bonhoeffer considered philosophy to be man's search for truth apart from God.
(c) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid philosopher without studying theology.
(d) Bonhoeffer considered a theologian and philosopher to be the same thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?

2. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?

3. What part of Bonhoeffer's trip to New York does Metaxas suggest had the most influence on his changed preaching style?

4. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer often mentioned the Tower of Babel in his sermons?

5. What does Metaxas report to be the response of the German Christians to the choice of Friedrich von Bodelschwing as Reichsbischof?

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