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

2. At what age does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer completed his second postdoctoral thesis?
(a) 31
(b) 33
(c) 27
(d) 23

3. What quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?
(a) "[I]f you want to find eternity, you must serve the times."
(b) "Christ has given scarcely any ethical prescriptions that wer not to be found already with the contemporary Jewish rabbis or in pagan literature."
(c) "The essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ."
(d) " I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too."

4. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.
(b) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(c) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(d) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.

5. How did Bonhoeffer characterize his decision to go to Barcelona, according to Metaxas?
(a) "After much council and fervent prayer, I made the decision that changed my life."
(b) "It happened that I went."
(c) "In spite of the protests of my parents, I decided this venture was where I was being led."
(d) "I made my decision based upon what was best for me and Elizabeth (Zinn)."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?

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

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

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?

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