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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Metaxas define the Aryan Paragraph?
(a) It was a paragraph in a document put out by the Ministry of Health that declared all but the Aryan race was inferior and disease ridden.
(b) Government employees must be of "Aryan" stock; anyone of Jewish descent would lose his job.
(c) The true German race is defined by the Aryan ideal that all government employees will be racially pure.
(d) It was a paragraph within the Enabling Acts that forbid anyone but Aryans from working in government.

2. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?
(a) By taking payment in other currencies than the Deutch Mark.
(b) By taking additional work as a university professor and medical writer.
(c) By cashing in a life insurance policy.
(d) By selling the family home.

3. What does Metaxas report to be Hitler's proposal to navigate relations between the church and the German government?
(a) Appoint a commission of three bishops.
(b) Appoint a Reichsbischof (Reich Bishop).
(c) Receive an endorsement from the Pope.
(d) Adopt a confession of faith.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?

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

3. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?

4. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?

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

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