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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. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?
(a) Count Zinzendorf.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) She taught herself.
(d) John Calvin.

2. What were the three conclusions that Bonhoeffer announced in his address, "The Church and the Jewish Question", in rebuttal to the "Aryan Paragraph"?
(a) The church must work with the state to see that its moral laws are consistent with God's moral laws, the church must define the political aims of its members.
(b) The church must recognize that government is ordained by God, rebellion against God's ordained authorities is demonic, all Christians must seek to change the state from within the state.
(c) The church must separate itself from the state, make itself the source of self-sufficiency works, and accept anyone who will accept its moral limits.
(d) The church must question the state, help the state's victims, and work against the state, if necessary.

3. 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) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(c) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(d) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.

4. How did Bonhoeffer deal with the conduct of the students in Wedding?
(a) He gained the assistance of some of his friends who were in ministry to split the group into more manageable groups.
(b) He ignored their antics with the realization his time there would be brief.
(c) He patiently waited for them to become calm and then he would quietly tell them Bible stories.
(d) He would drill them relentlessly with the strong-armed disciplinary tactics as his father.

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?
(a) Because he felt an obligation to offer his service to the benefit of the German Empire.
(b) Because he was conscripted into militia service as the limits placed on the German military by the Treaty of Versailles were insufficient to protect Germany from enemies and insurrections.
(c) Because he became empathetic with a nationalist movement that identified the Treaty of Versailles as the cause of Germany's economic and social problems.
(d) Because military service was expected by his strict father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?

2. What German philosopher does Metaxas suggest that Hitler believed prophesied his rise to power?

3. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

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

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