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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 is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?
(a) Igel had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.
(b) Igel eschewed the use of alcohol.
(c) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.
(d) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.

2. How does Metaxas claim Karl Bonhoeffer influenced Berlin?
(a) Karl Bonhoeffer was considered to be a pioneer in the scientific investigation of metaphysical activities of the mind.
(b) Karl Bonhoeffer was credited with protecting Berlin from the influences of Jung and Freud.
(c) Karl Bonhoeffer examined the connection between production and economic health.
(d) Karl Bonhoeffer influenced leaders of Berlin of the danger of imperialism.

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

4. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?
(a) A lack of funding.
(b) An opportunity to travel to Rome.
(c) A concussion.
(d) His birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?

2. What does Metaxas claim annoyed Hitler regarding Christian teaching?

3. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?

4. For what reason does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse wrote the Bethel Confession?

5. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?

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