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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how to get the world involved in dealing with Hitler's social and religious agenda.
(b) Bonhoeffer was thinking about permanently leaving Germany and renouncing his citizenship.
(c) Bonhoeffer was thinking about how he could best influence Germany's leaders.
(d) Bonhoeffer was thinking about God's call of discipleship and its cost.

2. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?
(a) To minister freely without Nazi intrusions and to restore his energy for challenges in Germany that he knew were to come.
(b) To practically apply what he had learned of ministry and to prepare to become a German ex-patriot as the Nazis continued to absorb power.
(c) To participate in honest "parish work" and to separate from the church struggles in Germany to gain perspective on the bigger picture.
(d) To inform England of the turmoil coming to Germany and to safely lead a church insurrection from outside of Germany.

3. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?
(a) Karl Barth.
(b) Adolf von Harnack.
(c) Karl Holl.
(d) Adolf Deissman.

4. How does Metaxas claim the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?
(a) It made him suspicious of Jewish film makers.
(b) It led him to believe that children should not be allowed into serious movies.
(c) It caused him to rethink his thoughts about the French.
(d) It influenced him to become a pacifist.

5. How does Metaxas report a member of Igel described Bonhoeffer?
(a) "Extremely secure and self-confident, not vain, but 'able to tolerate criticism.'"
(b) "Far more rooted in his home than was customary among his fellow students."
(c) "A Champion of the kaiser and the policies of Bismarck."
(d) "Generally patriotic."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are three Freedoms that Bishop George Bell asked in the Name of the Gospel for Christians in the German Church?

2. What does Metaxas identify as the difference between the theological debate in the U.S. in the 1930's and those in which Bonhoeffer participated as he was earning his doctorate degrees?

3. How does Metaxas claim Hitler viewed Christianity and the church?

4. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

5. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Metaxas report to be Churchill's response to conspiracies to assassinate Adolf Hitler seeking allied support?

2. What marked the friendship between Bonhoeffer and Franz Reinhold Hildebrandt according to Metaxas?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the "Night of the Long Knives"?

4. Why does Metaxas claim that meeting Karl Barth was important to Bonhoeffer?

5. What challenge did Bonhoeffer raise in his letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical meeting in Fano?

6. How does Metaxas suggest Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affected his view of the church?

7. What does Metaxas report happened to the German mark beginning in 1923?

8. For what was Bonhoeffer's father, Karl Bonhoeffer, internationally renowned, according to Metaxas?

9. What were the liberal theological ideas promoted by Adolf von Harnack with which Bonhoeffer disagreed, according to Metaxas?

10. How does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer suggested Christians' treatment of Christ while he was in Barcelona?

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