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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a criticism that Bonhoeffer made of his head pastor in Barcelona, Friedrich Olbricht?
(a) Olbricht was, "Too demanding of his expectations that I understand all the challenges of his pastorate."
(b) Olbricht had, "...lost his zeal for the church and had become disinterested in applying biblical truths to the modern world."
(c) Olbricht, "...has...done nothing in the was of addressing the younger generation in his parish."
(d) Olbricht was gone too much and left too many of the responsibilities of the parish to him.

2. While Bonhoeffer was in London, who does Metaxas identify as the church leader who became his most important contact in the ecumenical movement?
(a) Karl Barth.
(b) Franz Hildebrandt.
(c) George Bell.
(d) Erwin Sutz.

3. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?
(a) Erwin Sutz.
(b) Karl Barth.
(c) Georg Wobbermin.
(d) Emil Brunner.

4. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?
(a) The crowd at the Vatican was subdued and respectful as the Pope gave his observations.
(b) It seemed strange to many Britons to honor a German citizen after suffering from the war with Germany.
(c) Flossenburg camp survivors were subdued and sought to avoid detection.
(d) Bonhoeffer's former classmates and professors were somber as each offered a eulogy.

5. What does Metaxas point out to be the motivation of Luther's condemnations of the Jews that he wrote late in his life?
(a) They were motivated by their aloofness to general European society.
(b) They were motivated by the Jews indifference to his efforts to convert them to Christianity.
(c) They were motivated by their economic self sufficiency.
(d) They were motivated by their racial differences to europeans.

6. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?
(a) Interviews of Bonhoeffer's intimates.
(b) Public records of Bonhoeffers activities as a spy.
(c) The collected works of Bonhoeffer's biographers.
(d) Bonhoeffer's own writings.

7. What was the date of Bonhoeffer's death, according to Metaxas?
(a) May 8, 1945.
(b) August 15, 1945.
(c) April 9, 1945.
(d) July 27, 1945.

8. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.
(a) Johann Strauss.
(b) Ludwig von Beethoven and Wolfgang Mozart.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann.

9. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?
(a) Revelation 2:4-5: "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love...."
(b) Psalm 42, "My Soul is cast down within me."
(c) 1 Peter 2:20, "For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently this is commendable before God."
(d) Psalm 19, "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations."

10. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?
(a) Because many who were joining the group were not German or Christian.
(b) Because the group's embrace of heresy violated the definition of being Christian, and many true Germans disagreed with their positions.
(c) Because they were following Adolf Hitler who was neither German or Christian.
(d) Because most Christians had already left Germany.

11. How does Metaxas suggest Karl Bonhoeffer met living expenses during the period of hyperinflation caused by the Treaty of Versailles?
(a) By selling the family home.
(b) By cashing in a life insurance policy.
(c) By taking additional work as a university professor and medical writer.
(d) By taking payment in other currencies than the Deutch Mark.

12. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(b) Because she married another man while he was travelling.
(c) Because she was Jewish.
(d) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.

13. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's thoughts in London while some of his colleagues were concentrating on political battles against Nazi intrusion of the church?
(a) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how he could best influence Germany's leaders.
(b) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how to get the world involved in dealing with Hitler's social and religious agenda.
(c) Bonhoeffer was thinking about God's call of discipleship and its cost.
(d) Bonhoeffer was thinking about permanently leaving Germany and renouncing his citizenship.

14. What were the three conclusions that Bonhoeffer announced in his address, "The Church and the Jewish Question", in rebuttal to the "Aryan Paragraph"?
(a) The church must recognize that government is ordained by God, rebellion against God's ordained authorities is demonic, all Christians must seek to change the state from within the state.
(b) The church must question the state, help the state's victims, and work against the state, if necessary.
(c) The church must separate itself from the state, make itself the source of self-sufficiency works, and accept anyone who will accept its moral limits.
(d) The church must work with the state to see that its moral laws are consistent with God's moral laws, the church must define the political aims of its members.

15. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?
(a) Heckel pointed out that the government knew where Bonhoeffer's family lived.
(b) Heckel implied that Bonhoeffer's activities with non-German church leaders were considered treasonous.
(c) Heckel said that if Bonhoeffer returned he could be put in a concentration camp.
(d) Heckel said that he could use his position to have his degrees rescinded.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?

4. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

5. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?

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