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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. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?
(a) Materialistic and not intellectual.
(b) Lonely and disconnected.
(c) Informed and eager for news from home.
(d) Detached and suspicious.

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

3. How does Metaxas claim Karl Bonhoeffer influenced Berlin?
(a) Karl Bonhoeffer was credited with protecting Berlin from the influences of Jung and Freud.
(b) Karl Bonhoeffer was considered to be a pioneer in the scientific investigation of metaphysical activities of the mind.
(c) Karl Bonhoeffer influenced leaders of Berlin of the danger of imperialism.
(d) Karl Bonhoeffer examined the connection between production and economic health.

4. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?
(a) Revelation 2:4-5: "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love...."
(b) Psalm 42, "My Soul is cast down within me."
(c) Psalm 19, "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations."
(d) 1 Peter 2:20, "For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently this is commendable before God."

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because she was Jewish.
(b) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(c) Because she married another man while he was travelling.
(d) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?

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

3. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?

4. What quote of Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt, does Metaxas use to show the intellectual demands Bonhoeffer placed on those who were close to him.

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

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