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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. According to Metaxas, why did the Gestapo take Bonhoeffer for execution?
(a) Hitler wanted to take one last action against Christianity.
(b) The Gestapo had found a record of Nazi atrocities that was being kept by Hans von Dohnanyi that had identified Bonhoeffer as a co-conspirator against Hitler.
(c) No strong reason exists in the historical record.
(d) He was taken by mistake.

2. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Count Zinzendorf.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) She taught herself.

3. How does Metaxas claim the Reigchstag Fire Edict empowered the Nazis over Germany?
(a) By deporting all Communists.
(b) By making all other political parties illegal.
(c) By suspending all personal liberties.
(d) By abolishing the Reichstag.

4. What does Metaxas claim to be a motivation for Bonhoeffer's letter writing style while he was in prison?
(a) To give his captors a framework through which they would evaluate his interrogations.
(b) To assure his parents he was safe.
(c) To fool his captors into believing he was arrested wrongfully.
(d) To make his captors believe he was enjoying his captivity.

5. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?
(a) Because military service was expected by his strict father.
(b) Because he became empathetic with a nationalist movement that identified the Treaty of Versailles as the cause of Germany's economic and social problems.
(c) Because he was conscripted into militia service as the limits placed on the German military by the Treaty of Versailles were insufficient to protect Germany from enemies and insurrections.
(d) Because he felt an obligation to offer his service to the benefit of the German Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Metaxas, why didn't Hitler have everyone involved in the conspiracy against him immediately executed?

2. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?

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

4. What does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer found when he visited Friedrich von Bodelschwing's Bethel community in Bielefeld?

5. What does Metaxas report to be the occupations of Bonhoeffer's parents?

(see the answer key)

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