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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. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"
(a) Because Bonhoeffer was finally wearing down to the pressure and confrontations.
(b) Because he had crossed a line to joining the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler and he wanted to blend in with crowds to avoid questions or scrutiny.
(c) Because Bonhoeffer was beginning to see that what Hitler was doing was overall beneficial to Germany.
(d) Bonhoeffer was tired of fighting everyone over the Nazis.

2. How does Metaxas report a member of Igel described Bonhoeffer?
(a) "A Champion of the kaiser and the policies of Bismarck."
(b) "Extremely secure and self-confident, not vain, but 'able to tolerate criticism.'"
(c) "Far more rooted in his home than was customary among his fellow students."
(d) "Generally patriotic."

3. How does Metaxas report that Hitler avoided political confrontations from his generals as he was making plans for war?
(a) He conducted the peaceful anchluss of Austria.
(b) He put out false stories that his major opponents in the military were homosexuals.
(c) He took command of the military by establishing the OKW and surrounding himself with supporters.
(d) He met with Neville Chamberlain to negotiate the peaceful acquisition of Czechoslovakia.

4. What part of Bonhoeffer's trip to New York does Metaxas suggest had the most influence on his changed preaching style?
(a) His road trip to Mexico.
(b) His involvement in the debate between secularists and fundamentalists.
(c) His viewing of "All Quiet on the Western Front" with a Frenchman.
(d) His worship at the "negro churches".

5. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?
(a) Jews were persecuted on religious grounds.
(b) Jews were persecuted on economic grounds.
(c) Jews were persecuted on political grounds.
(d) Jews were persecuted on racial grounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the conspiracy against Hitler does Metaxas suggest was arrested before Bonhoeffer?

2. What speculation does Metaxas make as to why the former Nazi official who performed medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners was placed in confinement?

3. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer's sister Sabine and her husband, Gerhard Leibholz, choose to flee Germany when they did?

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

5. What was the reason that Bonhoeffer felt a separation from one of his mentors in Germany, Karl Barth, according to Metaxas?

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