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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. 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.

2. What does Metaxas report to be the meaning of the officials at Flossenburg telling the prisoners being transferred from Buchenwald that the camp was "too full" to receive them?
(a) That those prisoners were not marked for death as the only purpose for Flossenburg was to execute prisoners.
(b) That they were backlogged on executions and they would have to wait in another location until they could be "processed".
(c) The camp had been converted to a receiving center for refugees fleeing allied bombing.
(d) The winding down of the war meant the Germans were not wasting resources and time on political executions.

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 was ordered to Berlin for a meeting with Theodor Heckel.
(b) He returned to Berlin to get an update on the Kreisau Circle.
(c) Norway to lend support to actions taken by Norwegian bishops.
(d) To visit his friend Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.

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

5. 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) How do I minister the Gospel under the opposition of the government? How do I protect my flock from the government?
(b) How do I learn to pray? How do I learn to read the Bible?
(c) What should be our view toward the Jews? Aren't we to honor the government since it was ordained by God?
(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?

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Metaxas give for the Bonhoeffer family's ability to escape scrutiny even though it was deeply involved in seditious activities?

2. Why was the German Government opposed to Bonhoeffer and is ordinands traveling to visit the Swiss church, according to a quote found by Metaxas?

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

4. How was Bonhoeffer defined by an ordainant from Finkewalde Seminary quoted by Metaxas?

5. How did the commissar order revitalize the conspiracy to overthrow Hitler?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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