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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 does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's view of death?
(a) It was a separation that was not requested or welcomed.
(b) It was his opportunity to enter into the glory of the Lord.
(c) It was the only way to see if Christian faith was true.
(d) It was the "last station on the road to freedom".

2. What does Metaxas report to be the one thing that Bonhoeffer did every day of his captivity?
(a) He maintained the daily discipline of scriptural meditation and prayer he had been practicing for more than a decade.
(b) He had to leave his bucket outside the door every morning.
(c) He wrote in his diary.
(d) He had coffee that was one quarter grounds.

3. What seeming contradiction of Bonhoeffer's was amplified by the war, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer was not a pacifist, but he did not support wars.
(b) Bonhoeffer would not join the military, but he encouraged others to join.
(c) Bonhoeffer could not fight for Hitler's Germany, but he was extraordinarily supportive of those who did.
(d) Bonhoeffer would not be willing to kill as a soldier, but he was willing to conspire to kill Hitler.

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

5. How does Metaxas explain Bonhoeffer's view of the relationship of the church to the world?
(a) The church was to speak into the world and to be a voice in the world, so it had an obligation to speak out against things that did not affect it directly.
(b) The church had to be as wise as serpents but as gentle as doves.
(c) The church was to activate itself to fight against what was evil in the eyes of God.
(d) The church was called to obedient even unto death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas suggest gave Bonhoeffer hope on Easter Sunday, 1945?

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

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

4. Who does Metaxas report to be an inmate of Bonhoeffer who once performed brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners?

5. What does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer's struggle with avoiding military service as Germany prepared for war proves regarding his thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Gestapo begin to investigate those who were involved in Operation 7, according to Metaxas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did the Anschluss of Austria provide Hitler with wave of popular support in Germany, according to Metaxas?

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

10. What does Metaxas define as the Godesberg Declaration?

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