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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?
(a) The world of reality outside one's mind.
(b) The universal catholic church.
(c) The observations of great historians.
(d) The Bible.

2. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?
(a) Erwin Sutz.
(b) Emil Brunner.
(c) Georg Wobbermin.
(d) Karl Barth.

3. Why does Metaxas claim Reformation Sunday is a patriotic holiday in Germany?
(a) It celebrates Martin Luther and the cultural heritage of the Reformation.
(b) It is the day that the Germanic tribes agreed to come together as a single nation.
(c) It was the day the Nazis took control of the Reichstag.
(d) It is the day that the Reformation was recognized by the Catholic Church.

4. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?
(a) April 9, 1945.
(b) July 27, 1945.
(c) August 15, 1945.
(d) May 8, 1945.

5. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(b) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.
(c) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(d) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?

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 does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?

5. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?

(see the answer key)

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