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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer's sister Sabine and her husband, Gerhard Leibholz, choose to flee Germany when they did?

2. How does Metaxas explain the Nuremberg laws affected the Jews?

3. What does Metaxas claim to have inspired Bonhoeffer and his fellow prisoners to hang on through their imprisonment in Buchenwald?

4. What seeming contradiction of Bonhoeffer's was amplified by the war, according to Metaxas?

5. Why was the German Government opposed to Bonhoeffer and is ordinands traveling to visit the Swiss church, according to a quote found by Metaxas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's indication that the Gestapo was preparing to arrest him?

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo?

3. How did Bonhoeffer send coded messages to his family while was in captivity, according to Metaxas.

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

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

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 claim to be Bonhoeffer's attitude about the death he was facing at the hands of the Nazis?

8. What does Metaxas define as the Godesberg Declaration?

9. According to a quote by Oskar Hammelsbeck cited by Metaxas, how had Bonhoeffer's moral convictions and his view of guilt lead him to be involved with the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler?

10. How does Metaxas claim Dohnanyi and Bonhoeffer tried to fool the Gestapo with letters between them while they were in captivity.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the several assassination attempts against Hitler as they are detailed in the book and the reasons for their failure. Give your impression of which had the best opportunity for success of avoiding blow back from the Nazis if it had been pulled off and which had the best opportunity of negotiating a peace settlement wit the allies.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Germany's Fuhrer Principle to Bonhoeffer's view of servant leadership. Give a brief review of the origins of each concept and how each manifested themselves in the lives of Germany and Bonhoeffer.

Essay Topic 3

While Bonhoeffer was an associate pastor to Friedrich Olbricht, his intensity and expectations of Christians conflicted with Olbricht's approach to his flock. Identify an irreconcilable conflict that came of the different personalities and one thing that Bonhoeffer took from his time in Barcelona that affected his life's ministry. Detail how these items continued to affect his relationships, his ministries, and his theology throughout his life.

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