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

2. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?
(a) Von Hase's extensive journals and geographic records of his trips to Rome.
(b) Von Hase's many mission trips with Roman Catholic Officials.
(c) Von Hase's 20 trips there and the strong ties he cultivated through them.
(d) Von Hase's vast collection of lyric poetry of Horace and Catullus.

3. 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?
(a) The German church faced the choice of either being Christian or National Socialist.
(b) The German church faced the choice of being at peace or at war.
(c) The German church faced the choice of defending their faith or compromising it.
(d) The German church faced the choice of being free or slave.

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

5. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?
(a) To help in opposing Nazi efforts to interfere with the mission of the church.
(b) To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.
(c) To support the German Christians abroad.
(d) Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

2. To what did Bonhoeffer compare a crowd at a bullfight, according to Metaxas?

3. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?

4. What does Metaxas claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?

5. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the opponents to Reichbischof Muller's position consider the term "German Christians" to be oxymoronic?

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

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

4. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's goal in writing the Bethel Confession?

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

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

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

8. How does Metaxas record the German Reich came into existence?

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

10. What does Metaxas write to be the significance of the Nazi's burning the books of Erich Remarque?

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