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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29, 30 and 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?
(a) They provided an elevated level of conversation.
(b) They were eager to receive Bonhoeffer's thoughts about ecumenicalism.
(c) They showed the same disciplined thought as his father.
(d) They were bitterly anti-clerical.

2. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?
(a) He attempted to be conciliatory to keep their political support.
(b) He said he would pass their suggestions to Reichsbischof Muller.
(c) He announce that he would deal with their rebellion with every means.
(d) He was non-committal and said he would take their concerns under advisement.

3. What decision did Hitler make in October, 1933, that further catapulted his popularity with Germans?
(a) To enforce the Enabling Acts.
(b) To prevent Jews from serving in Christian churches.
(c) To relocate Jews to concentration camps.
(d) To pull out of the League of Nations.

4. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming."
(a) Because it was frowned upon by his father.
(b) Because he was, by nature, a recluse.
(c) Because he wanted the words and logic of what he said to be the only things to which others responded.
(d) Because it caused social problems for him.

5. What was the objective that Bonhoeffer put to the attendees of the youth conference that began the ecumenical conference at Fano?
(a) The objective was to help attendees make international contacts so they could find passage out of Germany.
(b) The objective was to equip the attendees with the knowledge to overcome Nazi attacks on their faith.
(c) The objective was to hear what God would say to them.
(d) The objective was to realize that suffering was eminent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas claim that Operation Flash got it's name?

2. How does Metaxas explain Bonhoeffer's view of the relationship of the church to the world?

3. 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?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the commissar order?

5. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?

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