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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20, 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(b) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.
(c) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.
(d) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.

3. What event does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw Psalms 74 as being a direct communication from God regarding the situation in Germany?
(a) The Kristallnacht.
(b) The 1936 Olympics.
(c) The Enabling Acts.
(d) The Night of the Long Knives.

4. What decision did Hitler make in October, 1933, that further catapulted his popularity with Germans?
(a) To enforce the Enabling Acts.
(b) To prevent Jews from serving in Christian churches.
(c) To relocate Jews to concentration camps.
(d) To pull out of the League of Nations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?

2. Why was the German Government opposed to Bonhoeffer and is ordinands traveling to visit the Swiss church, according to a quote found by Metaxas?

3. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?

4. What dramatic event greeted Bonhoeffer as 1938 was beginning, according to Metaxas?

5. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?

(see the answer key)

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