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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. Who in the conspiracy against Hitler does Metaxas suggest was arrested before Bonhoeffer?
(a) Hans Dohnanyi.
(b) Wilhelm Schmidhuber.
(c) Joseph Muller.
(d) Hans Oster.

2. How did Henry Smithe Lieper explain how Bonhoeffer was different from his pastoral peers in Germany, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer could approach the problems of the Nazis from a detached, objective perspective unique to living in a foreign country.
(b) None of his colleagues were as wise, fearless, or defiant regarding the tyranny that loomed in the future for German Christians.
(c) Bonhoeffer had a unique combination of formal training and familial connections that gave him inside knowledge of what was really happening in Germany.
(d) Bonhoeffer approached the intrusions with confidence instead of fear.

3. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(b) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(c) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.
(d) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.

4. Why was the German Government opposed to Bonhoeffer and is ordinands traveling to visit the Swiss church, according to a quote found by Metaxas?
(a) "...because it is important that we protect the Christian solidarity of our citizens."
(b) "...because his influence is not conducive to German interests."
(c) "...because Bonhoeffer's presentation to the international press will bring disfavor to our leaders."
(d) "...because Bonhoeffer has caused no small amount of embarrassment when he has gone to other countries."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?

3. Metaxas quotes Eberhard Bethge as claiming that Bonhoeffer grew up in a family that believed what about learning?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany?

5. How had the relationship come to be known to Maria's mother, according to Metaxas?

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