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

2. What happened to Gersdorff after his failed attempt?
(a) He lived until 1980.
(b) He was executed with Bonhoeffer and his other co-conspirators.
(c) He fled to Switzerland.
(d) He was blown up and the incident exposed the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler.

3. What does Metaxas claim to have inspired Bonhoeffer and his fellow prisoners to hang on through their imprisonment in Buchenwald?
(a) The presence of Bonhoeffer's quiet courage.
(b) The knowledge that any moment might bring their liberation or their deaths.
(c) The willingness of all the prisoners to cooperate to try to find their way of escape.
(d) The hymns that Bonhoeffer gently sang.

4. How does Metaxas indicate that Churchill harmed the conspiracy against Hitler?
(a) By accusing every German of being a Nazi.
(b) By announcing that he would only accept an unconditional surrender from Germany.
(c) By refusing to negotiate with it until it had killed Hitler.
(d) By refusing to hear any information of its progress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did Bonhoeffer have with Maria von Wedemeyer before he had seen her while visiting her grandmother?

2. What event began WWII according to Metaxas?

3. What did Bonhoeffer believe to be the future of theological education in Germany, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?

4. What reservations does Metaxas claim Maria's sister and her husband had regarding Bonhoeffer?

5. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer greeted the German victory over France with standing with the crowd and calling, "Heil, Hitler!"

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Reichsbischof Mueller's arrest of the Lutheran Bishops of Werttemberg and Bavaria lead members of the Confessing Church to realize according to Metaxas?

2. Where did Hitler require the French to sign the instrument of surrender to Germany after Hitler had conquered them, according to Metaxas?

3. Who was Metaxas' source of most of the information regarding Bonhoeffer during his time at Buchenwald?

4. What did Metaxas report to be the event that led to the Kristallnacht?

5. What were the reasons that Metaxas cites that led Bonhoeffer to consider the assassination of Adolf Hitler to be necessary?

6. What does Metaxas report to be the response of every Norwegian Pastor after Bishop Berggrav was placed under house arrest?

7. According to a quote by Oskar Hammelsbeck cited by Metaxas, how had Bonhoeffer's moral convictions and his view of guilt lead him to be involved with the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler?

8. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's indication that the Gestapo was preparing to arrest him?

9. What does Metaxas report of Hans von Wedemeyer that makes him unique?

10. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's attitude about the death he was facing at the hands of the Nazis?

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