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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. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.
(a) Because Luther's defined what it was to be a German Christian.
(b) Because Hitler adulated Luther.
(c) Because Luther's views met with the scientific foundation of the Nazis' racial policies.
(d) Because the Nazis respected Luther's theological perspective.

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

3. Upon what does Metaxas focus "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" upon?
(a) Bonhoeffer's evolving personal relationships.
(b) Bonhoeffer's theological training.
(c) Bonhoeffer's clandestine connections that brought him to be involved in the plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler.
(d) Bonhoeffer's determination to understand and live God's will.

4. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?
(a) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.
(b) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.
(c) Igel eschewed the use of alcohol.
(d) Igel had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.

5. At what age does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer completed his second postdoctoral thesis?
(a) 33
(b) 27
(c) 23
(d) 31

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

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

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

4. What was a criticism that Bonhoeffer made of his head pastor in Barcelona, Friedrich Olbricht?

5. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?

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