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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. What does Metaxas report to be the response of the German Christians to the choice of Friedrich von Bodelschwing as Reichsbischof?
(a) They accepted von Bodelschwing with reservations.
(b) They appealed to Hitler to rescind von Bodelschwing's selection.
(c) They began to attack him, hoping to overturn the election by any means necessary.
(d) They chose to name their own Reichsbischof and follow him.

2. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?
(a) Bonhoeffer's own writings.
(b) Interviews of Bonhoeffer's intimates.
(c) The collected works of Bonhoeffer's biographers.
(d) Public records of Bonhoeffers activities as a spy.

3. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming."
(a) Because it was frowned upon by his father.
(b) Because he was, by nature, a recluse.
(c) Because it caused social problems for him.
(d) Because he wanted the words and logic of what he said to be the only things to which others responded.

4. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid philosopher without studying theology.
(b) Bonhoeffer considered a theologian and philosopher to be the same thing.
(c) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid theologian without studying philosophy.
(d) Bonhoeffer considered philosophy to be man's search for truth apart from God.

5. What decision did Hitler make in October, 1933, that further catapulted his popularity with Germans?
(a) To pull out of the League of Nations.
(b) To relocate Jews to concentration camps.
(c) To prevent Jews from serving in Christian churches.
(d) To enforce the Enabling Acts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?

3. What does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer found when he visited Friedrich von Bodelschwing's Bethel community in Bielefeld?

4. What does Metaxas identify as the difference between the theological debate in the U.S. in the 1930's and those in which Bonhoeffer participated as he was earning his doctorate degrees?

5. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?

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