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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. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's death, according to Metaxas?
(a) August 15, 1945.
(b) April 9, 1945.
(c) May 8, 1945.
(d) July 27, 1945.

2. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's thoughts in London while some of his colleagues were concentrating on political battles against Nazi intrusion of the church?
(a) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how to get the world involved in dealing with Hitler's social and religious agenda.
(b) Bonhoeffer was thinking about God's call of discipleship and its cost.
(c) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how he could best influence Germany's leaders.
(d) Bonhoeffer was thinking about permanently leaving Germany and renouncing his citizenship.

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

4. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?
(a) Because he felt an obligation to offer his service to the benefit of the German Empire.
(b) Because he became empathetic with a nationalist movement that identified the Treaty of Versailles as the cause of Germany's economic and social problems.
(c) Because he was conscripted into militia service as the limits placed on the German military by the Treaty of Versailles were insufficient to protect Germany from enemies and insurrections.
(d) Because military service was expected by his strict father.

5. What does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw would destroy Germany after the defeat of France?
(a) He saw that they had become mindlessly controlled by the Nazi view for Germany.
(b) He saw that now that Germans were turning back history, Germans would be taken by jealousy for each other.
(c) He saw that Hitler would be able to lead them to their own destruction.
(d) He saw that Germany would be destroyed by success.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.

2. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"

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

4. Why didn't the suicide plan involving Major Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff to kill Hitler with bombs hiding in Gersdorff's overcoat while Hitler attended a Hero's Memorial Day, according to Metaxas?

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

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