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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 quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?
(a) " I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too."
(b) "Christ has given scarcely any ethical prescriptions that wer not to be found already with the contemporary Jewish rabbis or in pagan literature."
(c) "[I]f you want to find eternity, you must serve the times."
(d) "The essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ."

2. What does Metaxas suggest to be the internal struggle regarding military service that troubled Bonhoeffer?
(a) He was looking for a way to avoid military service without being imprisoned.
(b) 4. He did not want to join the military but did not want to be considered a coward.
(c) He did not want to join the military, but he did not want to leave Germany.
(d) He was looking for a way to obey his conscience, but would not force others to face consequences for his decisions.

3. What question does Metaxas raise with regard to Bonhoeffer's interest in taking a trip to India to visit Ghandi?
(a) "Was it possible that...Christ was operating among non-Christians in a way that could force the church to action?"
(b) "What was the significance that nations with no Christian heritage were more able to stand on Christian principles of peace and love than were those nations who had been trained in them for centuries?"
(c) "Was God bringing judgment on Christian nations by leaving them to evil and preparing to move on pagan nations that freely practiced His principles?"
(d) "Why was it that a pagan could find the courage to stand on the Sermon on the Mount, but those trained in it did not know how to apply it?"

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

5. What was the question that Metaxas claims Jean Lassere put to Bonhoeffer that led him to become involved in the ecumenical movement?
(a) "Do we believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of the Saints, or do we believe in the eternal mission of France?"
(b) "Is our war between flesh and blood or between the spirits of God and the spirits of the devil?"
(c) "Are you willing to forgo all you have been taught about your people and take part in something much greater?"
(d) "Do you really believe that Christ would call us to kill each other to determine if French Christians were better than German Christians?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?

2. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?

3. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?

4. How does Metaxas claim the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

5. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

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