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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 claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?
(a) "Nazi sympathizers were further ostracized for allowing another country to lead in honoring one of its most courageous citizens."
(b) "...the world again begin to reconcile itself to itself."
(c) "Bonhoeffer's rightful place as a theologian was cemented."
(d) "People around the world began to recognize the positive achievements of Germans throughout history.

2. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The universal catholic church.
(c) The observations of great historians.
(d) The world of reality outside one's mind.

3. What does Metaxas report to be the name of the church wherein Bonhoeffer heard the preaching of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.?
(a) Riverside Church.
(b) Abyssinian Baptist Church.
(c) Park Avenue Baptist Church.
(d) First Baptist Church of New York City.

4. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?
(a) The Thursday Circle.
(b) Teaching and preaching to a youth Sunday school class in the Grunewald parish.
(c) 14 Wangenheimstrasse.
(d) The associate pastorship in Barcelona.

5. What does Metaxas claim annoyed Hitler regarding Christian teaching?
(a) That Jesus was Jewish.
(b) That Christianity taught that Jesus was the only begotten son of God.
(c) That Christianity had a long tradition that could not be dismantled.
(d) That Christianity preached meekness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas identify as the difference between the theological debate in the U.S. in the 1930's and those in which Bonhoeffer participated as he was earning his doctorate degrees?

2. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?

3. What were the three conclusions that Bonhoeffer announced in his address, "The Church and the Jewish Question", in rebuttal to the "Aryan Paragraph"?

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

5. How does Metaxas claim Hitler viewed Christianity and the church?

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