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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29, 30 and 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which quote does Metaxas use to reflect Hitler's attitude toward Protestant pastors?
(a) "It's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland ans the highest good?"
(b) "If this doesn't come from the other side...then it must come from us;...."
(c) "You can do anything you want with them,...They are insignificant little people, submissive as dogs,...."
(d) "A church that does not keep step with modern scientific knowledge is doomed. It may take quite a while, but it is bound finally to happen."

2. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?
(a) "that ... the essence of learning lay not in a formal education but in the deeply rooted obligation to be guardians of a great historical heritage and intellectual tradition."
(b) "That learning only comes from taking risks that often result in failure."
(c) "That the Bonhoeffer family believed that all families should have the opportunity to have free, public education provided for their children."
(d) "That learning is not given, it is captured and taken by those who most desire it."

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

4. What does Metaxas identify as the major difference between the ecumenical movement and Bonhoeffer with regard to WWII?
(a) The ecumenical movement believed Hitler could be negotiated with, but Bonhoeffer did not.
(b) The ecumenical movement was pacifist, but Bonhoeffer was not.
(c) The ecumenical movement sought to end the war, but Bonhoeffer decided that Hitler had to be assassinated.
(d) The ecumenical movement discouraged people from joining the military, but Bonhoeffer did not feel so empowered.

5. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.
(b) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.
(c) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(d) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the plan to assassinate Hitler in Operation Flash not successful, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer meant by "religionless Christianity"?

3. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

4. What reason did Metaxas give for the Bonhoeffer family's ability to escape scrutiny even though it was deeply involved in seditious activities?

5. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?

(see the answer key)

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