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

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

3. To what did Metaxas credit Bonhoeffer's intellectual independence and confidence in contradicting his theology professors?
(a) Growing up with Karl Bonhoeffer who would make him justify all his words.
(b) His desire for cultural and intellectual stimulation.
(c) The experience he had during the German hyper inflation.
(d) His experience in Rome.

4. What decision did Hitler make in October, 1933, that further catapulted his popularity with Germans?
(a) To prevent Jews from serving in Christian churches.
(b) To relocate Jews to concentration camps.
(c) To enforce the Enabling Acts.
(d) To pull out of the League of Nations.

5. How did Bonhoeffer characterize German emigres in Barcelona, according to a quote used by Metaxas?
(a) Lonely and disconnected.
(b) Materialistic and not intellectual.
(c) Informed and eager for news from home.
(d) Detached and suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Metaxas, upon what basis were Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany?

3. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?

5. Who taught Bonhoeffer's nanny, Kathe van Horn, Christian concepts that challenged Lutheran orthodoxies of the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Metaxas claim to have been the make-up of Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding?

3. What event during Bonhoeffer's trip to Rome does Metaxas suggest to have begun developing Bonhoeffer's understanding of the concept of "church"?

4. According to Metaxas, why was Reformation Sunday an important celebration for churches in Germany?

5. How does Metaxas paraphrase Martin Luther to explain that faith in the Gospel affects individual lives?

6. For what was Bonhoeffer's maternal great-grandfather, Karl August von Hase, well known according to Metaxas?

7. How did Bonhoeffer's parents hear of his death, according to Metaxas?

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

9. How does Metaxas explain how the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

10. What is the reason Metaxas gives for why the German church willingly capitulated to the demands of Adolf Hitler during the 1930's?

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