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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bonhoeffer consider Christian opposition to Hitler's and the German Christian's manipulation of the church throughout the establishment of the Reichsbischof, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was playing a dangerous political game with Hitler.
(b) Bonhoeffer believe that some compromises needed to be made with Hitler's agenda if the church was to have any influence.
(c) Bonhoeffer began to see that the opposition to Hitler and the German Christians was weak and divided.
(d) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was being too easily taken in by Hitler's charms.

2. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer discovered of Spanish professors and contemporary Spanish writers?
(a) They provided an elevated level of conversation.
(b) They showed the same disciplined thought as his father.
(c) They were bitterly anti-clerical.
(d) They were eager to receive Bonhoeffer's thoughts about ecumenicalism.

3. How did Bonhoeffer deal with the conduct of the students in Wedding?
(a) He gained the assistance of some of his friends who were in ministry to split the group into more manageable groups.
(b) He ignored their antics with the realization his time there would be brief.
(c) He patiently waited for them to become calm and then he would quietly tell them Bible stories.
(d) He would drill them relentlessly with the strong-armed disciplinary tactics as his father.

4. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?
(a) "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."
(b) "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."
(c) "I believe that interpretation is not necessary in art."
(d) "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."

5. How had Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affect his view of the church, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer's relationships from around the world gave him the perspective to be able to see the flaws in German theology.
(b) Bonhoeffer's relationships from around the world were with people of different races and nationalities, but they could share their believe in Christian principles.
(c) Bonhoeffer's relationships from around the world helped him see that German theology was superior and worth protecting.
(d) Bonhoeffer's relationships from around the world helped him see that the conflicts facing Germans were mild compared to those faced in other countries.

6. 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?
(a) Bonhoeffer was giving a philosophical dissent with a popular, decades old, concept, the Fuhrer Principle, that promoted the belief that Germany needed a strong central leader.
(b) Bonhoeffer was alerting his listeners of the dangers of Hitler.
(c) Bonhoeffer was providing a Biblical analysis of Hitler's election.
(d) Bonhoeffer was giving a Christian rebuttal to the election of Hitler.

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

8. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?
(a) Igel eschewed the use of alcohol.
(b) Igel had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.
(c) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.
(d) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.

9. How does Metaxas describe the "Thursday Circle"?
(a) A study group with which he met as he worked through his doctorate.
(b) A discussion group of young men Bohnoeffer personally selected.
(c) The children in his Sunday school class who would come to his house.
(d) A group of friends who gathered at 14 Wangenheimstrasse.

10. What was a criticism that Bonhoeffer made of his head pastor in Barcelona, Friedrich Olbricht?
(a) Olbricht was gone too much and left too many of the responsibilities of the parish to him.
(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, "Too demanding of his expectations that I understand all the challenges of his pastorate."

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

12. How did the German Pastor's Emergency League respond to Reichsbischof Ludwig Muller's attempt to prevent it from meeting in synod by closing the Berlin Cathedral, according to Metaxas?
(a) They asked Bonhoeffer to separate his congregations from the official German church.
(b) They signed a petition expressing their disagreement.
(c) They asked for international observation of Nazi involvement in church affairs.
(d) They held their synod in the courtyard adjacent to the Cathedral.

13. What observation on prayer, cited by Metaxas, that Bonhoeffer made after observing prostitutes attending a Catholic Mass at Sacre Coeur?
(a) "Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God...He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work."
(b) "It's much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity."
(c) "When our will whole heartedly enters in the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly."
(d) "The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Metaxas report to be Hitler's proposal to navigate relations between the church and the German government?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the name of the church wherein Bonhoeffer heard the preaching of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.?

5. What choice did Bonhoeffer explain that the German church faced in a letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical conference in Fano?

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