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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?
(a) They were bitterly anti-clerical.
(b) They showed the same disciplined thought as his father.
(c) They were eager to receive Bonhoeffer's thoughts about ecumenicalism.
(d) They provided an elevated level of conversation.

2. How did Bonhoeffer consider Christian opposition to Hitler's and the German Christian's manipulation of the church throughout the establishment of the Reichsbischof, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer began to see that the opposition to Hitler and the German Christians was weak and divided.
(b) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was playing a dangerous political game with Hitler.
(c) Bonhoeffer believe that some compromises needed to be made with Hitler's agenda if the church was to have any influence.
(d) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was being too easily taken in by Hitler's charms.

3. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?
(a) Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.
(b) To support the German Christians abroad.
(c) To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.
(d) To help in opposing Nazi efforts to interfere with the mission of the church.

4. 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 military service was expected by his strict father.
(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 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.

5. Which quote does Metaxas use to reflect Hitler's attitude toward Protestant pastors?
(a) "You can do anything you want with them,...They are insignificant little people, submissive as dogs,...."
(b) "If this doesn't come from the other side...then it must come from us;...."
(c) "It's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland ans the highest good?"
(d) "A church that does not keep step with modern scientific knowledge is doomed. It may take quite a while, but it is bound finally to happen."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

2. 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?

3. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?

5. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

(see the answer key)

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