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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 does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(b) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(c) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.
(d) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.

2. After Bonhoeffer announced he would be willing to personally kill Hitler, why does Metaxas claim he would have to resign from the Confessing Church?
(a) He knew that the church would be marred by his sin.
(b) He was choosing to dedicate his life to being a double agent.
(c) He did not want to implicate the church in a task that he was undertaking alone.
(d) Because he knew that being willing to kill Hitler was leading him to renounce his Christianity.

3. What does Metaxas report to be the name of the church wherein Bonhoeffer heard the preaching of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.?
(a) Abyssinian Baptist Church.
(b) Riverside Church.
(c) Park Avenue Baptist Church.
(d) First Baptist Church of New York City.

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

5. What was the question that Metaxas claims Jean Lassere put to Bonhoeffer that led him to become involved in the ecumenical movement?
(a) "Are you willing to forgo all you have been taught about your people and take part in something much greater?"
(b) "Do you really believe that Christ would call us to kill each other to determine if French Christians were better than German Christians?"
(c) "Do we believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of the Saints, or do we believe in the eternal mission of France?"
(d) "Is our war between flesh and blood or between the spirits of God and the spirits of the devil?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?

2. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?

3. How does Metaxas report that Hitler avoided political confrontations from his generals as he was making plans for war?

4. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?

5. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?

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