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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Bonhoeffer's memorial service, according to Metaxas?
(a) Flossenburg concentration camp.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) Union Theological Seminary.
(d) Holy Trinity Church in London, England.

2. How does Metaxas show how Eberhard Bethge explained how Bonhoeffer could accept the paradox of being a Christian involved in an assassination plot against a head of state?
(a) 3. Bethge said that Bonhoeffer knew that his role in the assassination attempt was a sin that fell outside of his Christian faith.
(b) Metaxas showed that Bonhoeffer's fate was to eliminate Hitler, the cause of war, or accept a position in the military in which he would be involved in eliminate people with whom he had no disagreement.
(c) Bethge explained that as the Hitler regime became more murderous, mere confession of beliefs with out action essentially became complicity with the murders.
(d) 4. Bethge said that Bonhoeffer told him that God and instructed him how to kill Hitler.

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. According to Metaxas, after Bonhoeffer had returned to Germany from New York, how did he view theology?
(a) He believed that theology was what separated Christians from pagans.
(b) He believed that theology must lead to the practical aspects of how to live as a Christian.
(c) He believed that theology was the basis by which the Bible should be studied.
(d) He believed that theology was to be protected from the Nazis.

5. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?
(a) From watching the video of his execution on a movie theater news reel.
(b) By listening to the broadcast of his memorial service on the Radio.
(c) By receiving a phone call from one of Bonhoeffers survivors after his release from Flossenburg concentration camp.
(d) By receiving a letter from the commandant of Flossenburg concentration camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?

2. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?

3. What event began WWII according to Metaxas?

4. What is the one area in which Bonhoeffer's father saw a relationship with the work of his son, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?

5. After Bonhoeffer announced he would be willing to personally kill Hitler, why does Metaxas claim he would have to resign from the Confessing Church?

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