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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quote of Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt, does Metaxas use to show the intellectual demands Bonhoeffer placed on those who were close to him.
(a) "He would know the answer to every question he asked you and put you under a constant test of your understanding of the Bible and the world."
(b) "You could not be a friend of Dietrich's if you did not argue with him."
(c) "Dietrich would expect you to go to plays, operas, and museums with him and engage in lengthy conversations as to the significance of whatever was put before us."
(d) "Dietrich would ask for explanations and proofs of everything that came out of your mouth."

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

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

4. How does Metaxas describe the "Thursday Circle"?
(a) A study group with which he met as he worked through his doctorate.
(b) A discussion group of young men Bohnoeffer personally selected.
(c) A group of friends who gathered at 14 Wangenheimstrasse.
(d) The children in his Sunday school class who would come to his house.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?

2. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?

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

4. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?

5. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?

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