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Eric Metaxas
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Metaxas claim to have given Bonhoeffer any value during his trip to New York?
(a) The socially focused church activities.
(b) The casual attitudes of seminary students.
(c) The open debate regarding social issues.
(d) Negro Churches.

3. 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 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.
(c) Freedom to stand on biblical doctrine, Freedom of dissent with the government, and Freedom to instruct its youth 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?

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

5. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?
(a) U.S.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Upon what does Metaxas focus "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" upon?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Metaxas, why was Reformation Sunday an important celebration for churches in Germany?

2. What does Metaxas report to be the "Aryan Paragraph" that was enforced by the Nazi regime shortly after they took control of the German government.

3. What is the reason Metaxas gives for why the German church willingly capitulated to the demands of Adolf Hitler during the 1930's?

4. What important church leader does Metaxas report to have come into Bonhoeffer's life while he was involved in his ministry in London?

5. How does Metaxas paraphrase Martin Luther to explain that faith in the Gospel affects individual lives?

6. How does Metaxas suggest Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affected his view of the church?

7. How did Bonhoeffer's parents hear of his death, according to Metaxas?

8. What does Metaxas suggest to be the motivation of Hitler's pro-Christian posturing as he was rising to power?

9. What does Metaxas report to be Churchill's response to conspiracies to assassinate Adolf Hitler seeking allied support?

10. What marked the friendship between Bonhoeffer and Franz Reinhold Hildebrandt according to Metaxas?

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