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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a letter cited by Metaxas, what aspect of prison life was an enrichment of his life's experience?
(a) The lack of physical things made them lose their importance.
(b) A thrush would sing outside his window daily.
(c) The hardships of prison hardly bothered him.
(d) He was able to quit smoking.

2. To what Biblical prophets did Metaxas compare Bonhoeffer based upon the speech he gave at Fano?
(a) Daniel and Samuel.
(b) Nehemiah and Jeremiah.
(c) Jeremiah and Jonah.
(d) John the Baptist and Elijah.

3. How was Bonhoeffer defined by an ordainant from Finkewalde Seminary quoted by Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer was, "...a man who believes in what he thinks and does what he believes in."
(b) Bonhoeffer was either fool-hardy or the bravest man I ever knew."
(c) "For Bonhoeffer there was no compromise when it came to living out biblical truth."
(d) Bonhoeffer was, "...a lightning rod for controversy and his persistent defiance of the government had him and his friends in constant turmoil."

4. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer's struggle with avoiding military service as Germany prepared for war proves regarding his thinking?
(a) That Christians reach points that they have no good choices.
(b) 4. That Christians must be submissive to government, but they must not be a party to immorality.
(c) That Christians cannot be governed by mere principles, but must hear from God.
(d) That Christians must first be motivated by the affects of their decisions on others.

5. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"
(a) Because he had crossed a line to joining the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler and he wanted to blend in with crowds to avoid questions or scrutiny.
(b) Because Bonhoeffer was finally wearing down to the pressure and confrontations.
(c) Because Bonhoeffer was beginning to see that what Hitler was doing was overall beneficial to Germany.
(d) Bonhoeffer was tired of fighting everyone over the Nazis.

6. 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 make his captors believe he was enjoying his captivity.
(d) To fool his captors into believing he was arrested wrongfully.

7. Who does Metaxas identify as the individual who was largely responsible for helping Bonhoeffer have a purpose for going to America before Germany started a war?
(a) Paul Lehmann.
(b) Reinhold Niebuhr.
(c) Henry Leiper.
(d) Henry Sloan Coffin.

8. Why was the plan to assassinate Hitler in Operation Flash not successful, according to Metaxas?
(a) The suicide bomber who was to execute the plan lost his nerve.
(b) The fuses did not detonate the bombs.
(c) Hitler was protected by an armor barrier that protected him from explosions.
(d) Hitler changed his plans and was not present when the conspirators thought he would be.

9. What does Metaxas report to be the one thing that Bonhoeffer did every day of his captivity?
(a) He maintained the daily discipline of scriptural meditation and prayer he had been practicing for more than a decade.
(b) He had coffee that was one quarter grounds.
(c) He wrote in his diary.
(d) He had to leave his bucket outside the door every morning.

10. What was Bonhoeffer's next destination after he traveled to Sweden to share information regarding the conspiracy against Hitler with Bishop George Bell, according to Metaxas.
(a) He was ordered to Berlin for a meeting with Theodor Heckel.
(b) To visit his friend Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.
(c) Norway to lend support to actions taken by Norwegian bishops.
(d) He returned to Berlin to get an update on the Kreisau Circle.

11. Why didn't the suicide plan involving Major Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff to kill Hitler with bombs hiding in Gersdorff's overcoat while Hitler attended a Hero's Memorial Day, according to Metaxas?
(a) Because the Gestapo had discovered the plot and had Gersdorff arrested.
(b) Because the fuses to the bombs did not work.
(c) Because Gersdorff lost his nerve.
(d) Because Hitler cut his visit short before the bombs could detonate.

12. Which of the following does Metaxas not report to have been arrested on the same day as Bonhoeffer?
(a) Joseph Muller.
(b) Christine Bonhoeffer.
(c) Hans Dohnanyi.
(d) General Ludwig Beck

13. How had the relationship come to be known to Maria's mother, according to Metaxas?
(a) Through Maria's brother, Max von Wedemeyer.
(b) Maria confessed her love for Bonhoeffer directly to her mother.
(c) Bonhoeffer told her through correspondence.
(d) Through Maria's grandmother, Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.

14. How does Metaxas explain the Nuremberg laws affected the Jews?
(a) The Nuremberg laws removed German citizenship from the Jews and made them subjects of the German government.
(b) The Nuremberg laws socially isolated the Jews by forbidding non-Jews from socializing with them.
(c) The Nuremberg laws led directly to the Krystallnacht.
(d) The Nuremberg laws opened the floodgate of emigration of Jews out of Germany.

15. What did Bonhoeffer believe to be the future of theological education in Germany, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?
(a) "The only hope for teaching any biblical truth is to find areas of compromise with the current regime and willingly take those for the immediate future."
(b) "Christians will have to seek protection from international ecumenical movements to intercede between authoritarian governments and doctrinal freedom."
(c) "Churches will have to become invisible and protective if they are to teach the Gospel in the future."
(d) "The entire education of the younger generation of theologians belongs today in church cloister-like schools, in which pure doctrine, the Sermon on the Mount and worship are taken seriously...."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Hitler early congratulations for his successful annexation of Austria, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer meant by "religionless Christianity"?

3. Who does Metaxas report to be an inmate of Bonhoeffer who once performed brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners?

4. What does Metaxas cite as the main reason that Bonhoeffer's treatment at Tegel was not as severe as it could have been?

5. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer was discovered to be involved in Operation 7?

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