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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming."
(a) Because it caused social problems for him.
(b) Because it was frowned upon by his father.
(c) Because he was, by nature, a recluse.
(d) Because he wanted the words and logic of what he said to be the only things to which others responded.

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

3. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?
(a) Bonhoeffer's own writings.
(b) Interviews of Bonhoeffer's intimates.
(c) Public records of Bonhoeffers activities as a spy.
(d) The collected works of Bonhoeffer's biographers.

4. What quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?
(a) "[I]f you want to find eternity, you must serve the times."
(b) "Christ has given scarcely any ethical prescriptions that wer not to be found already with the contemporary Jewish rabbis or in pagan literature."
(c) "The essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ."
(d) " I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too."

5. While Bonhoeffer was in London, who does Metaxas identify as the church leader who became his most important contact in the ecumenical movement?
(a) Franz Hildebrandt.
(b) Erwin Sutz.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) George Bell.

6. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's negotiating advantage during his time leading two congregations in London?
(a) He could have free communications with the ecumenical movement around the world and bring them to pressure Nazi intrusions in church affairs.
(b) He could communicate Nazi demands around the world and expose their true intentions.
(c) He could separate the German churches in England from the official German church and harm Germany's international reputation.
(d) He could train young Germans in the biblical heritage of the church and send them to Germany to challenge the German Christians.

7. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?
(a) Doctor and teacher.
(b) Doctor and Lawyer.
(c) Professor and Lawyer.
(d) Teacher and physicist.

8. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?
(a) The observations of great historians.
(b) The world of reality outside one's mind.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The universal catholic church.

9. What quote of Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt, does Metaxas use to show the intellectual demands Bonhoeffer placed on those who were close to him.
(a) "Dietrich would expect you to go to plays, operas, and museums with him and engage in lengthy conversations as to the significance of whatever was put before us."
(b) "Dietrich would ask for explanations and proofs of everything that came out of your mouth."
(c) "You could not be a friend of Dietrich's if you did not argue with him."
(d) "He would know the answer to every question he asked you and put you under a constant test of your understanding of the Bible and the world."

10. What does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?
(a) Traitor legacy.
(b) Sainthood.
(c) Hero.
(d) Martyrdom.

11. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?
(a) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.
(b) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.
(c) Igel had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.
(d) Igel eschewed the use of alcohol.

12. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?
(a) Freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
(b) Freedom to stand on biblical doctrine, Freedom of dissent with the government, and Freedom to instruct its youth the principles of Christianity.
(c) Freedom to peach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of the printed word and assembly, Freedom of the Church to instruct its youth in the principles of Christianity.
(d) Freedom to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom of dissent with the government.ospel for Christians in the German Church?

13. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?
(a) It helped him with the realization of how his German heritage would direct his life.
(b) He saw how people whose businesses failed and those who were caught in poverty or crime lived.
(c) He learned how Germany was influencing the governments and cultures of other countries.
(d) He saw the terrible nature of Nazi anti-semitism.

14. What question regarding the reformation became increasingly important to Bonhoeffer as the Nazis became increasingly demanding of the Lutheran church?
(a) Did the reformation go wrong by moving from a sect to a church.
(b) Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?
(c) Did Christianity have too close of a relationship with pagan culture when the catholic church became officially recognized.
(d) Can there really be a separation of church and state?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?

2. Of the students with whom Bonhoeffer socialized while in New York, which does Metaxas claim had the greatest influence?

3. How did the German Pastor's Emergency League respond to Reichsbischof Ludwig Muller's attempt to prevent it from meeting in synod by closing the Berlin Cathedral, according to Metaxas?

4. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?

5. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

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