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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to have given Bonhoeffer any value during his trip to New York?

2. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?

3. Who was accused of burning down the Reichstag, according to Metaxas?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the response of the German Christians to the choice of Friedrich von Bodelschwing as Reichsbischof?

5. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What challenge did Bonhoeffer raise in his letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical meeting in Fano?

2. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's goal in writing the Bethel Confession?

3. What were the liberal theological ideas promoted by Adolf von Harnack with which Bonhoeffer disagreed, according to Metaxas?

4. What does Metaxas report to be Churchill's response to conspiracies to assassinate Adolf Hitler seeking allied support?

5. How does Metaxas explain the Fuherer Principle?

6. What does Metaxas identify as the Greek idea that Bonhoeffer considered to be "the most sever enemy" that Christianity ever had?

7. What does Metaxas write to be the significance of the Nazi's burning the books of Erich Remarque?

8. What does Metaxas highlight from Harry Emerson Fosdick's Sermon, "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"

9. What does Metaxas report to be the "Night of the Long Knives"?

10. How does Metaxas explain how the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bonhoeffer's family played important roles throughout various times in his life. Choose a member of Bonhoeffer's immediate family (this can include the spouses of siblings) who played an important role in his life and had a significant influence on what Bonhoeffer's life and missions. Give the details of how this family member impacted Bonhoeffer's life, how the individual challenged Bonhoeffer's character or nurtured his development, and whether the individual was a positive or negative influence on Bonhoeffer's life generally.

Essay Topic 2

Hitler passed the Nuremberg Laws that virtually eliminated the citizenship of Jews in Germany. Review the Nuremberg Law and explain how they eliminated Jewish citizenship. Detail the response of Bonhoeffer to the laws and how Christian leaders through Germany responded to Bonhoeffer. Why did the Christian leaders respond in the way they did?

Essay Topic 3

The Bonhoeffer family set models of respect, standards, expectations, and support that served Dietrich Bonhoeffer throughout his life. Detail examples from the book where each of the aforementioned qualities were implemented in Bonhoeffer's life, and explain how those served him as he came to face the decisions and consequences of being involved with conspiracies to overthrow Adolf Hitler.

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