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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?
(a) By selling the family home.
(b) By cashing in a life insurance policy.
(c) By taking payment in other currencies than the Deutch Mark.
(d) By taking additional work as a university professor and medical writer.

2. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?
(a) The world of reality outside one's mind.
(b) The universal catholic church.
(c) The observations of great historians.
(d) The Bible.

3. Who does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer's first love to be?
(a) Maria von Wedemeyer.
(b) Elizabeth Zinn.
(c) Emmi Delbruck.
(d) Grete von Dohnanyi.

4. What does Metaxas report to be the conditions in Germany that inspired Adolph Hitler to lead the Bierhall Putch?
(a) A populist disdain for Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.
(b) A wave of nationalistic sentiment.
(c) Hyperinflation of the German Mark due to attempts to meet the harsh economic terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
(d) A desire to establish a constitutional republic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

2. Upon what does Metaxas focus "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" upon?

3. Where was Bonhoeffer's memorial service, according to Metaxas?

4. What does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?

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

(see the answer key)

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