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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 was a criticism that Bonhoeffer made of his head pastor in Barcelona, Friedrich Olbricht?
(a) Olbricht, "...has...done nothing in the was of addressing the younger generation in his parish."
(b) Olbricht was, "Too demanding of his expectations that I understand all the challenges of his pastorate."
(c) Olbricht was gone too much and left too many of the responsibilities of the parish to him.
(d) Olbricht had, "...lost his zeal for the church and had become disinterested in applying biblical truths to the modern world."

2. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid philosopher without studying theology.
(b) Bonhoeffer considered a theologian and philosopher to be the same thing.
(c) Bonhoeffer considered philosophy to be man's search for truth apart from God.
(d) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid theologian without studying philosophy.

3. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?
(a) "The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day."
(b) "When our will whole heartedly enters in the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly."
(c) "It's much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity."
(d) "Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God...He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work."

4. What does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw would destroy Germany after the defeat of France?
(a) He saw that now that Germans were turning back history, Germans would be taken by jealousy for each other.
(b) He saw that Germany would be destroyed by success.
(c) He saw that Hitler would be able to lead them to their own destruction.
(d) He saw that they had become mindlessly controlled by the Nazi view for Germany.

5. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?
(a) Growing up with Karl Bonhoeffer who would make him justify all his words.
(b) His experience in Rome.
(c) The experience he had during the German hyper inflation.
(d) His desire for cultural and intellectual stimulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas cite as the first reason that Bonhoeffer joined the Abwehr?

3. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?

4. What was Bonhoeffer's next destination after he traveled to Sweden to share information regarding the conspiracy against Hitler with Bishop George Bell, according to Metaxas.

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?

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