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

2. 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) Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.
(c) To support the German Christians abroad.
(d) To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.

3. What were the three conclusions that Bonhoeffer announced in his address, "The Church and the Jewish Question", in rebuttal to the "Aryan Paragraph"?
(a) The church must question the state, help the state's victims, and work against the state, if necessary.
(b) The church must separate itself from the state, make itself the source of self-sufficiency works, and accept anyone who will accept its moral limits.
(c) The church must work with the state to see that its moral laws are consistent with God's moral laws, the church must define the political aims of its members.
(d) The church must recognize that government is ordained by God, rebellion against God's ordained authorities is demonic, all Christians must seek to change the state from within the state.

4. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming."
(a) Because he was, by nature, a recluse.
(b) Because it was frowned upon by his father.
(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.

5. According to Metaxas, how did Karl Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's father, meet Bonhoeffer's mother, the former Paula von Hase?
(a) He met her in her role as an assistant to Karl Wernicke, an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry.
(b) He met her while ice skating on the canals in the morning.
(c) He met her at an "open evening" at the house of physicist Oscar meyer.
(d) He met her while on a tour to Breslau.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaxas claim the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

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

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

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

5. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Metaxas claim to have inspired Bonhoeffer to desire to travel to Rome?

2. What does Metaxas identify as the Greek idea that Bonhoeffer considered to be "the most sever enemy" that Christianity ever had?

3. How does Metaxas claim that Karl Barth influenced Bonhoeffer's theological approach?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the "Aryan Paragraph" that was enforced by the Nazi regime shortly after they took control of the German government.

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

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

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

8. What does Metaxas suggest to be the motivation of Hitler's pro-Christian posturing as he was rising to power?

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

10. What important church leader does Metaxas report to have come into Bonhoeffer's life while he was involved in his ministry in London?

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