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

2. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?
(a) Von Hase's many mission trips with Roman Catholic Officials.
(b) Von Hase's 20 trips there and the strong ties he cultivated through them.
(c) Von Hase's vast collection of lyric poetry of Horace and Catullus.
(d) Von Hase's extensive journals and geographic records of his trips to Rome.

3. What question regarding the reformation became increasingly important to Bonhoeffer as the Nazis became increasingly demanding of the Lutheran church?
(a) Can there really be a separation of church and state?
(b) Did the reformation go wrong by moving from a sect to a church.
(c) Did Christianity have too close of a relationship with pagan culture when the catholic church became officially recognized.
(d) Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?

4. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?
(a) Teaching and preaching to a youth Sunday school class in the Grunewald parish.
(b) 14 Wangenheimstrasse.
(c) The associate pastorship in Barcelona.
(d) The Thursday Circle.

5. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) Count Zinzendorf.
(c) She taught herself.
(d) Martin Luther.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?

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

3. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?

4. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?

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

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