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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 to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?
(a) "...the world again begin to reconcile itself to itself."
(b) "Bonhoeffer's rightful place as a theologian was cemented."
(c) "Nazi sympathizers were further ostracized for allowing another country to lead in honoring one of its most courageous citizens."
(d) "People around the world began to recognize the positive achievements of Germans throughout history.

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?
(a) Because he became empathetic with a nationalist movement that identified the Treaty of Versailles as the cause of Germany's economic and social problems.
(b) Because military service was expected by his strict father.
(c) 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.
(d) Because he felt an obligation to offer his service to the benefit of the German Empire.

3. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?
(a) That God is completely unknowable except by revelation.
(b) That man is bent toward sin and is in need of redemption.
(c) That man is always attempting to become God.
(d) That the creation cannot make itself equal to the creator.

4. What were the three conclusions that Bonhoeffer announced in his address, "The Church and the Jewish Question", in rebuttal to the "Aryan Paragraph"?
(a) The church must separate itself from the state, make itself the source of self-sufficiency works, and accept anyone who will accept its moral limits.
(b) The church must recognize that government is ordained by God, rebellion against God's ordained authorities is demonic, all Christians must seek to change the state from within the state.
(c) The church must work with the state to see that its moral laws are consistent with God's moral laws, the church must define the political aims of its members.
(d) The church must question the state, help the state's victims, and work against the state, if necessary.

5. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?
(a) Detached and suspicious.
(b) Informed and eager for news from home.
(c) Lonely and disconnected.
(d) Materialistic and not intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

2. At what age does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer completed his second postdoctoral thesis?

3. How does Metaxas claim Hitler viewed Christianity and the church?

4. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?

5. How many children does Metaxas claim came to Bonhoeffer's first Sunday school class in Barcelona?

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