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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. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?
(a) Because many who were joining the group were not German or Christian.
(b) Because the group's embrace of heresy violated the definition of being Christian, and many true Germans disagreed with their positions.
(c) Because they were following Adolf Hitler who was neither German or Christian.
(d) Because most Christians had already left Germany.

2. What question regarding the reformation became increasingly important to Bonhoeffer as the Nazis became increasingly demanding of the Lutheran church?
(a) Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?
(b) Can there really be a separation of church and state?
(c) Did Christianity have too close of a relationship with pagan culture when the catholic church became officially recognized.
(d) Did the reformation go wrong by moving from a sect to a church.

3. Of the students with whom Bonhoeffer socialized while in New York, which does Metaxas claim had the greatest influence?
(a) Erwin Sutz.
(b) Paul Lehman.
(c) Jean Lassere.
(d) Albert Franklin Fisher.

4. Which quote does Metaxas use to reflect Hitler's attitude toward Protestant pastors?
(a) "If this doesn't come from the other side...then it must come from us;...."
(b) "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."
(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) "You can do anything you want with them,...They are insignificant little people, submissive as dogs,...."

5. 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 believe that some compromises needed to be made with Hitler's agenda if the church was to have any influence.
(b) Bonhoeffer began to see that the opposition to Hitler and the German Christians was weak and divided.
(c) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was playing a dangerous political game with Hitler.
(d) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was being too easily taken in by Hitler's charms.

Short Answer 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?

2. What quote of Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt, does Metaxas use to show the intellectual demands Bonhoeffer placed on those who were close to him.

3. What interests did Bonhoeffer's mother pass to her daughter?

4. Why does Metaxas claim Reformation Sunday is a patriotic holiday in Germany?

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

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