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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. To what did Metaxas credit much of Luther's bitterness toward the Jews and others at the end of his life?
(a) A series of illnesses and generally declining health.
(b) A legalistic view of sin.
(c) A hard-line interpretation of the bible.
(d) An increasing exclusionary view of grace.

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

3. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.
(a) Ludwig von Beethoven and Wolfgang Mozart.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Johann Strauss.
(d) Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann.

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. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?
(a) They were motivated by their aloofness to general European society.
(b) They were motivated by the Jews indifference to his efforts to convert them to Christianity.
(c) They were motivated by their economic self sufficiency.
(d) They were motivated by their racial differences to europeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

2. What question regarding the reformation became increasingly important to Bonhoeffer as the Nazis became increasingly demanding of the Lutheran church?

3. What was a criticism that Bonhoeffer made of his head pastor in Barcelona, Friedrich Olbricht?

4. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?

5. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

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