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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 accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?
(a) Von Hase's 20 trips there and the strong ties he cultivated through them.
(b) Von Hase's extensive journals and geographic records of his trips to Rome.
(c) Von Hase's many mission trips with Roman Catholic Officials.
(d) Von Hase's vast collection of lyric poetry of Horace and Catullus.

2. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) U.S.

3. What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London?
(a) Hitler was attempting to prove that he was someone who could be trusted in the international community.
(b) Reinhold Krause had made a defamatory diatribe against German Jews during a celebration at the Berlin Sportpalast.
(c) The German Christians had begun purging Jewish Christians from protestant activities.
(d) Hitler and Stalin agreed to the Nonaggression Pact.

4. How does Metaxas claim Hitler viewed Christianity and the church?
(a) Hitler viewed the church pragmatically and appealed to it to gain power.
(b) Hitler was a faithful Catholic and encouraged members of his entourage to remain active in their congregations.
(c) Hitler viewed the church as a barrier to his power and attempted to have it destroyed.
(d) Hitler was ambivalent to the church and focused only on his political fortunes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was accused of burning down the Reichstag, according to Metaxas?

3. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

4. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

5. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?

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