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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 did Colonel Claus von Sauffenberg join the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler, according to Metaxas?
(a) Stauffenberg could rise in political rank and someday be the Chancellor of Germany if he successfully killed Hitler.
(b) He was disgusted with Hitler when he witnessed the treatment of Polish prisoners of war in 1939 and for the murder of the Jews.
(c) He could not face his conscience if he did not act.
(d) A devout Catholic, Sauffenberg agreed with Bonhoeffer that the Nazis were attempting to eliminate the Christian religion.

2. According to Metaxas, why didn't Hitler have everyone involved in the conspiracy against him immediately executed?
(a) He wanted to enjoy torturing the co-conspirators to their death.
(b) Hitler wanted to get as much information as possible regarding the conspiracy.
(c) The war was winding down and the resources were not available to retrieve all of them.
(d) He was planning massive, televised show trials after his success in the war.

3. What was Bonhoeffer's next destination after he traveled to Sweden to share information regarding the conspiracy against Hitler with Bishop George Bell, according to Metaxas.
(a) He returned to Berlin to get an update on the Kreisau Circle.
(b) He was ordered to Berlin for a meeting with Theodor Heckel.
(c) Norway to lend support to actions taken by Norwegian bishops.
(d) To visit his friend Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.

4. How had the relationship come to be known to Maria's mother, according to Metaxas?
(a) Maria confessed her love for Bonhoeffer directly to her mother.
(b) Through Maria's grandmother, Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.
(c) Through Maria's brother, Max von Wedemeyer.
(d) Bonhoeffer told her through correspondence.

5. What action by Norwegian bishops in response to Vidkun Quisling's removal of Provost Fjellbu from a church leadership position does Metaxis report encouraged Bonhoeffer?
(a) Every Norwegian bishop marched on the capital and demanded the decision be reversed.
(b) Every Norwegian bishop placed their churches under the authority of the Confessing Church.
(c) Every Norwegian bishop immediately severed his connections to the government.
(d) Every Norwegian bishop disappeared and took the church underground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Metaxas not report to have been arrested on the same day as Bonhoeffer?

2. Where did Bonhoeffer first meet Eberhard Bethge, according to Metaxas?

3. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer's sister Sabine and her husband, Gerhard Leibholz, choose to flee Germany when they did?

4. To what Biblical prophets did Metaxas compare Bonhoeffer based upon the speech he gave at Fano?

5. How does Metaxas explain that Bonhoeffer planned to escape from Tegel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Metaxas claim to be the first person to recognize the chemistry between Maria von Wedemeyer and Bonhoeffer?

2. How did Bonhoeffer send coded messages to his family while was in captivity, according to Metaxas.

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

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

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

6. Why had the original attempt to assassinate Hitler failed, according to Metaxas?

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

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

9. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo?

10. What does Metaxas identify as a major criticism that Bonhoeffer made of both the international ecumenical movement and the German Confessing Church?

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