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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 had, "...lost his zeal for the church and had become disinterested in applying biblical truths to the modern world."
(b) Olbricht was, "Too demanding of his expectations that I understand all the challenges of his pastorate."
(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. 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 being too easily taken in by Hitler's charms.
(b) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was playing a dangerous political game with Hitler.
(c) Bonhoeffer began to see that the opposition to Hitler and the German Christians was weak and divided.
(d) Bonhoeffer believe that some compromises needed to be made with Hitler's agenda if the church was to have any influence.

3. What does Metaxas claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?
(a) "...the world again begin to reconcile itself to itself."
(b) "People around the world began to recognize the positive achievements of Germans throughout history.
(c) "Bonhoeffer's rightful place as a theologian was cemented."
(d) "Nazi sympathizers were further ostracized for allowing another country to lead in honoring one of its most courageous citizens."

4. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid theologian without studying philosophy.
(b) Bonhoeffer considered a theologian and philosopher to be the same thing.
(c) Bonhoeffer believed that one could not become a solid philosopher without studying theology.
(d) Bonhoeffer considered philosophy to be man's search for truth apart from God.

5. Of the students with whom Bonhoeffer socialized while in New York, which does Metaxas claim had the greatest influence?
(a) Jean Lassere.
(b) Paul Lehman.
(c) Erwin Sutz.
(d) Albert Franklin Fisher.

6. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?
(a) Freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
(b) Freedom to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom of dissent with the government.ospel for Christians in the German Church?
(c) Freedom to stand on biblical doctrine, Freedom of dissent with the government, and Freedom to instruct its youth the principles of Christianity.
(d) Freedom to peach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Freedom of the printed word and assembly, Freedom of the Church to instruct its youth in the principles of Christianity.

7. What theological battle was being waged when Bonhoeffer arrived in America, according to Metaxas?
(a) A battle between creationists and evolutionists.
(b) A battle between Catholics and Protestants.
(c) A battle between liberals and fundamentalists.
(d) A battle between Calvinists and Armenians.

8. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?
(a) The Japanese left the League of nations.
(b) His brother got married.
(c) His first love got married.
(d) The Nazi Party was elected to the second largest political party in Germany.

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

10. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.
(a) Because Hitler adulated Luther.
(b) Because Luther's defined what it was to be a German Christian.
(c) Because the Nazis respected Luther's theological perspective.
(d) Because Luther's views met with the scientific foundation of the Nazis' racial policies.

11. 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 signed a petition expressing their disagreement.
(b) They asked for international observation of Nazi involvement in church affairs.
(c) They asked Bonhoeffer to separate his congregations from the official German church.
(d) They held their synod in the courtyard adjacent to the Cathedral.

12. How does Metaxas explain the affect of the Aryan Paragraph on the German Church?
(a) It would replace the Bible with genetic science.
(b) It would prohibit any pastors with Jewish blood from ministry.
(c) It would establish a new congregation made up entirely of those who could pass the genetic standards of being Aryan.
(d) It would require that Jesus be depicted as an Aryan.

13. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming."
(a) Because it was frowned upon by his father.
(b) Because he was, by nature, a recluse.
(c) Because he wanted the words and logic of what he said to be the only things to which others responded.
(d) Because it caused social problems for him.

14. To what conclusion does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer arrived in a journal entry regarding his observations of art and his criticism of art historians?
(a) "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
(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) "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."

15. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?
(a) There were no differences between the students in Harlem and Wedding.
(b) The students in Harlem were affluent and motivated whereas the students in Wedding were from lower class families and acted like they were trapped in their position.
(c) Because the students in Harlem participated voluntarily and their parents took their attendance seriously, whereas the students in Wedding were mandated by the state to attend, so the students were disruptive and disrespectful.
(d) The students in Harlem were largely from poor, dysfunctional families and were disruptive, whereas the students in Wedding were patient and orderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London?

2. How did Henry Smithe Lieper explain how Bonhoeffer was different from his pastoral peers in Germany, according to Metaxas?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the response of the German Christians to the choice of Friedrich von Bodelschwing as Reichsbischof?

4. Where was Bonhoeffer's memorial service, according to Metaxas?

5. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?

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