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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer found when he visited Friedrich von Bodelschwing's Bethel community in Bielefeld?
(a) A whole town with schools, churches, farms, factories, shops, and housing for nurses.
(b) A modest hospital where epileptic care was given.
(c) A town that had been taken over by the German Christians and had begun marking many of the residents for elimination.
(d) Von Bodelschwing preparing to leave the settlement so he could fulfill his duties as Reichsbischof.

2. What was the reason that Bonhoeffer felt a separation from one of his mentors in Germany, Karl Barth, according to Metaxas?
(a) Barth supported the German Christians and their plans for the Reichsbischof.
(b) Barth believe that the Nazis could be influenced through efforts to work within their institutions.
(c) Barth disagreed with Bonhoeffer on the Aryan Paragraph.
(d) Barth was not willing to split from the German church until opponents were thrown out, but Bonhoeffer wanted to establish a Free Church.

3. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer often mentioned the Tower of Babel in his sermons?
(a) To link the Nazis attempts to control the church with man's "religious" attempt to reach heaven on his own strength.
(b) Because he felt that too many efforts by church leaders were misdirected.
(c) To prove to the Nazis that Old Testament passages had modern applications.
(d) To communicate with his supporters that he saw the attempts of the Nazis to be destined for failure.

4. What theological battle was being waged when Bonhoeffer arrived in America, according to Metaxas?
(a) A battle between liberals and fundamentalists.
(b) A battle between Calvinists and Armenians.
(c) A battle between Catholics and Protestants.
(d) A battle between creationists and evolutionists.

5. How does Metaxas explain the affect of the Aryan Paragraph on the German Church?
(a) It would require that Jesus be depicted as an Aryan.
(b) It would establish a new congregation made up entirely of those who could pass the genetic standards of being Aryan.
(c) It would prohibit any pastors with Jewish blood from ministry.
(d) It would replace the Bible with genetic science.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affect his view of the church, according to Metaxas?

2. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer was discovered to be involved in Operation 7?

3. What was the question that Metaxas claims Jean Lassere put to Bonhoeffer that led him to become involved in the ecumenical movement?

4. 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?

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

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