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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. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?
(a) His brother got married.
(b) The Japanese left the League of nations.
(c) The Nazi Party was elected to the second largest political party in Germany.
(d) His first love got married.

2. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?
(a) She taught herself.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Count Zinzendorf.

3. What does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?
(a) Traitor legacy.
(b) Hero.
(c) Sainthood.
(d) Martyrdom.

4. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?
(a) The evils of judging based upon race.
(b) The difference between a faith based on human moral efforts and one based on god's grace.
(c) An analysis between the historical critical view of the bible and the view of revelation.
(d) The comparison between a creationist view of origins and a Darwinist approach.

5. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?
(a) Germany.
(b) U.S.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?

2. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?

3. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's death, according to Metaxas?

4. To what did Metaxas credit much of Luther's bitterness toward the Jews and others at the end of his life?

5. What quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?

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