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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 does status does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer attained upon his death?
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Traitor legacy.
(c) Hero.
(d) Sainthood.

2. What did Bonhoeffer believe to be the future of theological education in Germany, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?
(a) "The only hope for teaching any biblical truth is to find areas of compromise with the current regime and willingly take those for the immediate future."
(b) "Churches will have to become invisible and protective if they are to teach the Gospel in the future."
(c) "The entire education of the younger generation of theologians belongs today in church cloister-like schools, in which pure doctrine, the Sermon on the Mount and worship are taken seriously...."
(d) "Christians will have to seek protection from international ecumenical movements to intercede between authoritarian governments and doctrinal freedom."

3. To what did Metaxas credit much of Luther's bitterness toward the Jews and others at the end of his life?
(a) A series of illnesses and generally declining health.
(b) An increasing exclusionary view of grace.
(c) A hard-line interpretation of the bible.
(d) A legalistic view of sin.

4. 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.

5. What interests did Bonhoeffer's mother pass to her daughter?
(a) Her passion for horticulture.
(b) Her interest in money and finance.
(c) Her love of music and singing.
(d) Her religious devotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be the response of the German Christians to the choice of Friedrich von Bodelschwing as Reichsbischof?

2. What international event prevented a conspiracy from declaring Hitler insane and removing him from office, according to Metaxas?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's thoughts in London while some of his colleagues were concentrating on political battles against Nazi intrusion of the church?

4. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?

5. How does Metaxas claim Karl Bonhoeffer influenced Berlin?

(see the answer key)

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