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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?
(a) "When our will whole heartedly enters in the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly."
(b) "Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God...He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work."
(c) "It's much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity."
(d) "The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day."

2. Where did Bonhoeffer first meet Eberhard Bethge, according to Metaxas?
(a) During one of the many social engagements at his parents home.
(b) During a conference with leaders of the Confessing Church.
(c) In Berlin upon his return from England.
(d) On the peninsula of Zingst.

3. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?
(a) Karl Holl.
(b) Adolf Deissman.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) Adolf von Harnack.

4. How did Henry Smithe Lieper explain how Bonhoeffer was different from his pastoral peers in Germany, according to Metaxas?
(a) None of his colleagues were as wise, fearless, or defiant regarding the tyranny that loomed in the future for German Christians.
(b) Bonhoeffer approached the intrusions with confidence instead of fear.
(c) Bonhoeffer had a unique combination of formal training and familial connections that gave him inside knowledge of what was really happening in Germany.
(d) Bonhoeffer could approach the problems of the Nazis from a detached, objective perspective unique to living in a foreign country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?

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

3. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

4. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

5. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.

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