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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?
(a) Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.
(b) To support the German Christians abroad.
(c) To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.
(d) To help in opposing Nazi efforts to interfere with the mission of the church.

2. What was the reason that Bonhoeffer felt a separation from one of his mentors in Germany, Karl Barth, according to Metaxas?
(a) Barth believe that the Nazis could be influenced through efforts to work within their institutions.
(b) Barth disagreed with Bonhoeffer on the Aryan Paragraph.
(c) Barth was not willing to split from the German church until opponents were thrown out, but Bonhoeffer wanted to establish a Free Church.
(d) Barth supported the German Christians and their plans for the Reichsbischof.

3. To what did Bonhoeffer compare a crowd at a bullfight, according to Metaxas?
(a) A type of bloodthirsty disregard for the dignity of life that he saw in Nazi brownshirts.
(b) The crowd from the bible yelling "crucify" at Christ.
(c) A vicious animal closing in for a kill.
(d) The anger that his father would display when he was displeased with his actions.

4. How did Bonhoeffer characterize his decision to go to Barcelona, according to Metaxas?
(a) "I made my decision based upon what was best for me and Elizabeth (Zinn)."
(b) "It happened that I went."
(c) "In spite of the protests of my parents, I decided this venture was where I was being led."
(d) "After much council and fervent prayer, I made the decision that changed my life."

5. What is the one area in which Bonhoeffer's father saw a relationship with the work of his son, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?
(a) He had to depend on what was taught him as a child to deal with the problems as an adult.
(b) He had discovered that living relationships to human beings and the possibility of meaning something to them was more important than the professional obligations.
(c) He had to depend on hard reason rather than emotions to get him through the challenges.
(d) He learned that he could only deal with problems if he separated himself emotionally from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affect his view of the church, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London?

3. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?

4. 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.

5. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?

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