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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 did Bonhoeffer claim to be the two main questions that young theologians brought to him in a letter to Karl Barth that was cited by Metaxas?
(a) What should be our view toward the Jews? Aren't we to honor the government since it was ordained by God?
(b) How do I learn to pray? How do I learn to read the Bible?
(c) How do I minister the Gospel under the opposition of the government? How do I protect my flock from the government?
(d) Should we strive to work within the government to change those practices that are immoral? Aren't we as Christians to humbly submit to the governing authority?

2. What question does Metaxas raise with regard to Bonhoeffer's interest in taking a trip to India to visit Ghandi?
(a) "Why was it that a pagan could find the courage to stand on the Sermon on the Mount, but those trained in it did not know how to apply it?"
(b) "Was it possible that...Christ was operating among non-Christians in a way that could force the church to action?"
(c) "What was the significance that nations with no Christian heritage were more able to stand on Christian principles of peace and love than were those nations who had been trained in them for centuries?"
(d) "Was God bringing judgment on Christian nations by leaving them to evil and preparing to move on pagan nations that freely practiced His principles?"

3. What speculation does Metaxas make as to why the former Nazi official who performed medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners was placed in confinement?
(a) He was found to be keeping records of what he was doing for the Nazis so he could share them with allied officials to incriminate his superiors.
(b) He had become disgusted with his work and joined the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler.
(c) Because he had come to his conscience and refused to conduct any more experiments.
(d) Because he attempted to publish his findings in a Swiss medical journal so they could be more widely used.

4. According to a letter cited by Metaxas, what aspect of prison life was an enrichment of his life's experience?
(a) The hardships of prison hardly bothered him.
(b) He was able to quit smoking.
(c) The lack of physical things made them lose their importance.
(d) A thrush would sing outside his window daily.

5. What did Bonhoeffer believe to be the future of theological education in Germany, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?
(a) "Churches will have to become invisible and protective if they are to teach the Gospel in the future."
(b) "The entire education of the younger generation of theologians belongs today in church cloister-like schools, in which pure doctrine, the Sermon on the Mount and worship are taken seriously...."
(c) "Christians will have to seek protection from international ecumenical movements to intercede between authoritarian governments and doctrinal freedom."
(d) "The only hope for teaching any biblical truth is to find areas of compromise with the current regime and willingly take those for the immediate future."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Treaty of Versailles play a role in protecting Hitler from a coup, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas cite as the first reason that Bonhoeffer joined the Abwehr?

3. What event began WWII according to Metaxas?

4. Why does Metaxas identify Bethge as an important figure for Bonhoeffer's legacy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Metaxas define as the Godesberg Declaration?

3. What does Metaxas suggest to be the reason that Bonhoeffer's uncle, Paul von Hase, spent a five hour visit at Tegel Prison on June 30, 1944.

4. How does Metaxas claim Dohnanyi and Bonhoeffer tried to fool the Gestapo with letters between them while they were in captivity.

5. What are two reasons Metaxas cited that German generals would not join a coup against Hitler after the conquering of France?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What was the most significant aspect of the relationship between Ruth von Kleist-Retzow and Bonhoeffer, according to Metaxas?

10. For what reason does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer left London for Berlin?

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