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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. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?
(a) Adolf von Harnack.
(b) Karl Holl.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) Adolf Deissman.

2. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?
(a) By receiving a phone call from one of Bonhoeffers survivors after his release from Flossenburg concentration camp.
(b) From watching the video of his execution on a movie theater news reel.
(c) By listening to the broadcast of his memorial service on the Radio.
(d) By receiving a letter from the commandant of Flossenburg concentration camp.

3. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?
(a) He met her in her role as an assistant to Karl Wernicke, an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry.
(b) He met her while ice skating on the canals in the morning.
(c) He met her while on a tour to Breslau.
(d) He met her at an "open evening" at the house of physicist Oscar meyer.

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

5. 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) "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."
(b) "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."
(c) "Dietrich would ask for explanations and proofs of everything that came out of your mouth."
(d) "You could not be a friend of Dietrich's if you did not argue with him."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?

3. Where was Bonhoeffer's memorial service, according to Metaxas?

4. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.

5. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.

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