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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 quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?
(a) "Christ has given scarcely any ethical prescriptions that wer not to be found already with the contemporary Jewish rabbis or in pagan literature."
(b) "[I]f you want to find eternity, you must serve the times."
(c) " I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too."
(d) "The essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ."

2. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?
(a) "that ... the essence of learning lay not in a formal education but in the deeply rooted obligation to be guardians of a great historical heritage and intellectual tradition."
(b) "That learning is not given, it is captured and taken by those who most desire it."
(c) "That learning only comes from taking risks that often result in failure."
(d) "That the Bonhoeffer family believed that all families should have the opportunity to have free, public education provided for their children."

3. What does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?
(a) Sainthood.
(b) Hero.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Traitor legacy.

4. Why does Metaxas claim Reformation Sunday is a patriotic holiday in Germany?
(a) It is the day that the Germanic tribes agreed to come together as a single nation.
(b) It is the day that the Reformation was recognized by the Catholic Church.
(c) It was the day the Nazis took control of the Reichstag.
(d) It celebrates Martin Luther and the cultural heritage of the Reformation.

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 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) "Who will you worship, the God of the Bible, or the Fuherer of Germany?"
(c) "The Church has only one altar, the altar of the Almighty...before which all creatures must kneel...."
(d) "We have only one God, and His only Son was the King of the Jews."

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?

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

3. What theological battle was being waged when Bonhoeffer arrived in America, according to Metaxas?

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

5. How does Metaxas explain the affect of the Aryan Paragraph on the German Church?

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