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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. Who does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer's first love to be?
(a) Grete von Dohnanyi.
(b) Maria von Wedemeyer.
(c) Emmi Delbruck.
(d) Elizabeth Zinn.

2. How did Bonhoeffer characterize his decision to go to Barcelona, according to Metaxas?
(a) "It happened that I went."
(b) "I made my decision based upon what was best for me and Elizabeth (Zinn)."
(c) "After much council and fervent prayer, I made the decision that changed my life."
(d) "In spite of the protests of my parents, I decided this venture was where I was being led."

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

4. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's death, according to Metaxas?
(a) August 15, 1945.
(b) April 9, 1945.
(c) May 8, 1945.
(d) July 27, 1945.

5. 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 Church has only one altar, the altar of the Almighty...before which all creatures must kneel...."
(b) "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."
(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."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?

2. While Bonhoeffer was in London, who does Metaxas identify as the church leader who became his most important contact in the ecumenical movement?

3. According to Metaxas, after Bonhoeffer had returned to Germany from New York, how did he view theology?

4. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?

5. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?

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