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

2. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?
(a) One.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

3. What was a recurring them that Bonhoeffer taught in the years before he became involved in the illegal seminaries of the Confessing Church, according to Metaxas?
(a) Grace--that coming into the presence of God is based upon His grace.
(b) Transubstantiation--that Christians take the blood and body of Christ in communion.
(c) Original Sin--that man's condition is based upon the sin of Adam.
(d) Incarnation--that God did not create us to be disembodied spirits, but flesh-and-blood human beings.

4. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?
(a) Jews were persecuted on political grounds.
(b) Jews were persecuted on economic grounds.
(c) Jews were persecuted on racial grounds.
(d) Jews were persecuted on religious grounds.

5. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?
(a) He met her while ice skating on the canals in the morning.
(b) He met her in her role as an assistant to Karl Wernicke, an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry.
(c) He met her at an "open evening" at the house of physicist Oscar meyer.
(d) He met her while on a tour to Breslau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does Metaxas focus "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" upon?

2. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?

3. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?

4. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?

5. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?

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