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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 was the politically dangerous message that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer made in a sermon at Trinity Church in Berlin one month after Hitler became Chancellor?
(a) "The Jews remain to this day the chosen seed of God, from whom we, the Church of Jesus Christ, are the multitude of the promise to Abraham."
(b) "The Church has only one altar, the altar of the Almighty...before which all creatures must kneel...."
(c) "Who will you worship, the God of the Bible, or the Fuherer of Germany?"
(d) "We have only one God, and His only Son was the King of the Jews."

2. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?
(a) There were no differences between the students in Harlem and Wedding.
(b) The students in Harlem were affluent and motivated whereas the students in Wedding were from lower class families and acted like they were trapped in their position.
(c) The students in Harlem were largely from poor, dysfunctional families and were disruptive, whereas the students in Wedding were patient and orderly.
(d) Because the students in Harlem participated voluntarily and their parents took their attendance seriously, whereas the students in Wedding were mandated by the state to attend, so the students were disruptive and disrespectful.

3. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?
(a) The crowd at the Vatican was subdued and respectful as the Pope gave his observations.
(b) Flossenburg camp survivors were subdued and sought to avoid detection.
(c) It seemed strange to many Britons to honor a German citizen after suffering from the war with Germany.
(d) Bonhoeffer's former classmates and professors were somber as each offered a eulogy.

4. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?
(a) He met her in her role as an assistant to Karl Wernicke, an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry.
(b) He met her while on a tour to Breslau.
(c) He met her while ice skating on the canals in the morning.
(d) He met her at an "open evening" at the house of physicist Oscar meyer.

5. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.
(b) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(c) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.
(d) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?

2. How did Metaxas define the Aryan Paragraph?

3. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?

4. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?

5. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?

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