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

2. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?
(a) Professor and Lawyer.
(b) Teacher and physicist.
(c) Doctor and Lawyer.
(d) Doctor and teacher.

3. 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.

4. How does Metaxas report a member of Igel described Bonhoeffer?
(a) "A Champion of the kaiser and the policies of Bismarck."
(b) "Extremely secure and self-confident, not vain, but 'able to tolerate criticism.'"
(c) "Far more rooted in his home than was customary among his fellow students."
(d) "Generally patriotic."

5. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?
(a) "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."
(b) "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
(c) "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."
(d) "I believe that interpretation is not necessary in art."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?

2. What does Metaxas claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?

3. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?

4. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?

5. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?

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