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

2. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?
(a) He saw the terrible nature of Nazi anti-semitism.
(b) He saw how people whose businesses failed and those who were caught in poverty or crime lived.
(c) It helped him with the realization of how his German heritage would direct his life.
(d) He learned how Germany was influencing the governments and cultures of other countries.

3. How does Metaxas claim the Reigchstag Fire Edict empowered the Nazis over Germany?
(a) By abolishing the Reichstag.
(b) By deporting all Communists.
(c) By suspending all personal liberties.
(d) By making all other political parties illegal.

4. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?
(a) Jews were persecuted on economic grounds.
(b) Jews were persecuted on political grounds.
(c) Jews were persecuted on racial grounds.
(d) Jews were persecuted on religious grounds.

5. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?
(a) 14 Wangenheimstrasse.
(b) The Thursday Circle.
(c) The associate pastorship in Barcelona.
(d) Teaching and preaching to a youth Sunday school class in the Grunewald parish.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse wrote the Bethel Confession?

2. Which quote does Metaxas use to reflect Hitler's attitude toward Protestant pastors?

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

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

5. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?

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