1. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?
(a) It seemed strange to many Britons to honor a German citizen after suffering from the war with Germany.
(b) The crowd at the Vatican was subdued and respectful as the Pope gave his observations.
(c) Bonhoeffer's former classmates and professors were somber as each offered a eulogy.
(d) Flossenburg camp survivors were subdued and sought to avoid detection.

2. For what reason does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse wrote the Bethel Confession?
(a) To admit to the German clergy his points of dissent with the Nazis.
(b) To encourage Protestant pastors to revolt against the Nazi religious agenda.
(c) To spell out the basics of the true and historic Christian faith.
(d) To reestablish the roles of confession of sin and forgiveness in Christian practice.

3. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?
(a) Emil Brunner.
(b) Karl Barth.
(c) Erwin Sutz.
(d) Georg Wobbermin.

4. What does Metaxas identify as the major difference between the ecumenical movement and Bonhoeffer with regard to WWII?
(a) The ecumenical movement was pacifist, but Bonhoeffer was not.
(b) The ecumenical movement sought to end the war, but Bonhoeffer decided that Hitler had to be assassinated.
(c) The ecumenical movement believed Hitler could be negotiated with, but Bonhoeffer did not.
(d) The ecumenical movement discouraged people from joining the military, but Bonhoeffer did not feel so empowered.

5. How does Metaxas show how Eberhard Bethge explained how Bonhoeffer could accept the paradox of being a Christian involved in an assassination plot against a head of state?
(a) Metaxas showed that Bonhoeffer's fate was to eliminate Hitler, the cause of war, or accept a position in the military in which he would be involved in eliminate people with whom he had no disagreement.
(b) 3. Bethge said that Bonhoeffer knew that his role in the assassination attempt was a sin that fell outside of his Christian faith.
(c) Bethge explained that as the Hitler regime became more murderous, mere confession of beliefs with out action essentially became complicity with the murders.
(d) 4. Bethge said that Bonhoeffer told him that God and instructed him how to kill Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer recognized while he planned to carry out his engagement with Maria and proceed with plans to assassinate Hitler?

2. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

3. Who does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer's first love to be?

4. Where did Bonhoeffer first meet Eberhard Bethge, according to Metaxas?

5. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?

(see the answer key)

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