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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 does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?
(a) The comparison between a creationist view of origins and a Darwinist approach.
(b) The evils of judging based upon race.
(c) The difference between a faith based on human moral efforts and one based on god's grace.
(d) An analysis between the historical critical view of the bible and the view of revelation.

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because she was Jewish.
(b) Because she married another man while he was travelling.
(c) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(d) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.

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

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

5. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?
(a) His desire for cultural and intellectual stimulation.
(b) Growing up with Karl Bonhoeffer who would make him justify all his words.
(c) His experience in Rome.
(d) The experience he had during the German hyper inflation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?

3. To what did Bonhoeffer compare a crowd at a bullfight, according to Metaxas?

4. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?

5. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?

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