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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 report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?
(a) An analysis between the historical critical view of the bible and the view of revelation.
(b) The difference between a faith based on human moral efforts and one based on god's grace.
(c) The comparison between a creationist view of origins and a Darwinist approach.
(d) The evils of judging based upon race.

2. Who does Metaxas report to be an inmate of Bonhoeffer who once performed brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners?
(a) Dr. Waldemar Hoven.
(b) "Heidl".
(c) Dr. Sigmund Rascher.
(d) General von Falkenhausen.

3. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's view of death?
(a) It was the only way to see if Christian faith was true.
(b) It was a separation that was not requested or welcomed.
(c) It was his opportunity to enter into the glory of the Lord.
(d) It was the "last station on the road to freedom".

4. What does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer meant by "religionless Christianity"?
(a) Bonhoeffer was seeing that it was time to recognize God's authority over the whole world and stop keeping Him in religious corners that we reserve for Him.
(b) Bonhoeffer felt that his turmoil in prison was proving all his devotion to God to be a sham and he came to the point of renouncing his religion.
(c) Bonhoeffer began to believe that the evils of the Nazis indicated that God was dead.
(d) Bonhoeffer did not believe that the Nazis were going to be removed from Germany, so Christian churches would cease to exist and Christians were going to have to live out their faith.

5. How did Bonhoeffer characterize his decision to go to Barcelona, according to Metaxas?
(a) "It happened that I went."
(b) "I made my decision based upon what was best for me and Elizabeth (Zinn)."
(c) "In spite of the protests of my parents, I decided this venture was where I was being led."
(d) "After much council and fervent prayer, I made the decision that changed my life."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Metaxas explain that Bonhoeffer planned to escape from Tegel?

3. How did Metaxas define the Aryan Paragraph?

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

5. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's negotiating advantage during his time leading two congregations in London?

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