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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. 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) "Generally patriotic."
(d) "Far more rooted in his home than was customary among his fellow students."

2. 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) "You could not be a friend of Dietrich's if you did not argue with him."
(b) "Dietrich would ask for explanations and proofs of everything that came out of your mouth."
(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) "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."

3. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.
(a) Because Luther's views met with the scientific foundation of the Nazis' racial policies.
(b) Because the Nazis respected Luther's theological perspective.
(c) Because Hitler adulated Luther.
(d) Because Luther's defined what it was to be a German Christian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?

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

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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