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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. How does Metaxas indicate that Churchill harmed the conspiracy against Hitler?
(a) By accusing every German of being a Nazi.
(b) By refusing to hear any information of its progress.
(c) By refusing to negotiate with it until it had killed Hitler.
(d) By announcing that he would only accept an unconditional surrender from Germany.

2. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?
(a) Lonely and disconnected.
(b) Materialistic and not intellectual.
(c) Informed and eager for news from home.
(d) Detached and suspicious.

3. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.
(b) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.
(c) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(d) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.

4. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?
(a) They were motivated by their racial differences to europeans.
(b) They were motivated by their aloofness to general European society.
(c) They were motivated by the Jews indifference to his efforts to convert them to Christianity.
(d) They were motivated by their economic self sufficiency.

5. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's negotiating advantage during his time leading two congregations in London?
(a) He could communicate Nazi demands around the world and expose their true intentions.
(b) He could have free communications with the ecumenical movement around the world and bring them to pressure Nazi intrusions in church affairs.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Bonhoeffer compare a crowd at a bullfight, according to Metaxas?

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?

3. How did Bonhoeffer characterize his decision to go to Barcelona, according to Metaxas?

4. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?

5. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?

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