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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. Toward the end of 1923, what does Metaxas claim could be bought with 100,000 marks?
(a) A week of groceries.
(b) A bottle of wine and strawberries.
(c) A Mercedes Benz.
(d) A months rent.

2. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.
(a) Ludwig von Beethoven and Wolfgang Mozart.
(b) Johann Strauss.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann.

3. What statement did Bonhoeffer make in a lecture titled, "The Question of the Boundaries of the Church and Church Union", was criticized by his supporters as being a piece of false doctrine?
(a) "Those who commit themselves to Hitler have removed themselves from the hope of salvation."
(b) "One cannot be both Christian and National Socialist."
(c) "The National Socialists are making Germans the enemies of Christ."
(d) "Whoever knowingly separates himself from the Confessing Church in Germany separates himself from salvation."

4. What does Metaxas claim to have given Bonhoeffer any value during his trip to New York?
(a) The casual attitudes of seminary students.
(b) Negro Churches.
(c) The open debate regarding social issues.
(d) The socially focused church activities.

5. 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) "People around the world began to recognize the positive achievements of Germans throughout history.
(c) "Bonhoeffer's rightful place as a theologian was cemented."
(d) "Nazi sympathizers were further ostracized for allowing another country to lead in honoring one of its most courageous citizens."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?

3. 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?

4. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?

5. Who does Metaxas identify as the individual who was largely responsible for helping Bonhoeffer have a purpose for going to America before Germany started a war?

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