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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. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer's sister Sabine and her husband, Gerhard Leibholz, choose to flee Germany when they did?
(a) They left to avoid the Kristallnacht.
(b) They left for a better life in England.
(c) They left because they saw their relationship to Bonhoeffer as a threat to their children's safety.
(d) They left to avoid laws that would require passports of Jews to be specially marked.

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(b) Because she married another man while he was travelling.
(c) Because she was Jewish.
(d) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.

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

4. Who gave Hitler early congratulations for his successful annexation of Austria, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bishop Martin Sasse the Protestant Bishop of Thuringia, Austria.
(b) General Wilhelm von Fritsch.
(c) Herman Goring.
(d) General Ludwig von Beck.

5. 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 said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.
(c) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.
(d) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.

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 does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's negotiating advantage during his time leading two congregations in London?

3. How was Bonhoeffer defined by an ordainant from Finkewalde Seminary quoted by Metaxas?

4. What does Metaxas report to be Hitler's proposal to navigate relations between the church and the German government?

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

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