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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 happened to Gersdorff after his failed attempt?
(a) He was executed with Bonhoeffer and his other co-conspirators.
(b) He was blown up and the incident exposed the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler.
(c) He lived until 1980.
(d) He fled to Switzerland.

2. After Bonhoeffer announced he would be willing to personally kill Hitler, why does Metaxas claim he would have to resign from the Confessing Church?
(a) He knew that the church would be marred by his sin.
(b) He was choosing to dedicate his life to being a double agent.
(c) He did not want to implicate the church in a task that he was undertaking alone.
(d) Because he knew that being willing to kill Hitler was leading him to renounce his Christianity.

3. What did Bonhoeffer claim to be the two main questions that young theologians brought to him in a letter to Karl Barth that was cited by Metaxas?
(a) How do I minister the Gospel under the opposition of the government? How do I protect my flock from the government?
(b) Should we strive to work within the government to change those practices that are immoral? Aren't we as Christians to humbly submit to the governing authority?
(c) What should be our view toward the Jews? Aren't we to honor the government since it was ordained by God?
(d) How do I learn to pray? How do I learn to read the Bible?

4. Who gave Hitler early congratulations for his successful annexation of Austria, according to Metaxas?
(a) Herman Goring.
(b) General Wilhelm von Fritsch.
(c) General Ludwig von Beck.
(d) Bishop Martin Sasse the Protestant Bishop of Thuringia, Austria.

5. Who does Metaxas report to be an inmate of Bonhoeffer who once performed brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners?
(a) Dr. Waldemar Hoven.
(b) General von Falkenhausen.
(c) "Heidl".
(d) Dr. Sigmund Rascher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bonhoeffer finally propose to Maria, according to Metaxas?

2. Why did Colonel Claus von Sauffenberg join the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler, according to Metaxas?

3. Who does Metaxas identify as the individual who was largely responsible for helping Bonhoeffer have a purpose for going to America before Germany started a war?

4. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"

5. What statement did Bonhoeffer make in a lecture titled, "The Question of the Boundaries of the Church and Church Union", was criticized by his supporters as being a piece of false doctrine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Anschluss of Austria provide Hitler with wave of popular support in Germany, according to Metaxas?

2. Why had the original attempt to assassinate Hitler failed, according to Metaxas?

3. What does Metaxas suggest to be the reason that Bonhoeffer's uncle, Paul von Hase, spent a five hour visit at Tegel Prison on June 30, 1944.

4. Who was Metaxas' source of most of the information regarding Bonhoeffer during his time at Buchenwald?

5. For what reason does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer left London for Berlin?

6. What were the reasons that Metaxas cites that led Bonhoeffer to consider the assassination of Adolf Hitler to be necessary?

7. What does Metaxas define as the Godesberg Declaration?

8. What does Metaxas report to be the response of every Norwegian Pastor after Bishop Berggrav was placed under house arrest?

9. Why did the Gestapo begin to investigate those who were involved in Operation 7, according to Metaxas?

10. What does Metaxas report of Hans von Wedemeyer that makes him unique?

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