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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 report to be Bonhoeffer's negotiating advantage during his time leading two congregations in London?

2. To what did Bonhoeffer compare a crowd at a bullfight, according to Metaxas?

3. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

4. How does Metaxas explain the affect of the Aryan Paragraph on the German Church?

5. What was the reason that Bonhoeffer felt a separation from one of his mentors in Germany, Karl Barth, according to Metaxas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a criticism of Bonhoeffer's regarding the communal living of American seminary students that was cited by Metaxas?

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

3. For what was Bonhoeffer's maternal great-grandfather, Karl August von Hase, well known according to Metaxas?

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

5. What does Metaxas report happened to the German mark beginning in 1923?

6. What does Metaxas claim to have been the make-up of Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding?

7. How did the opponents to Reichbischof Muller's position consider the term "German Christians" to be oxymoronic?

8. How does Metaxas suggest Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affected his view of the church?

9. What does Metaxas report to be the "Aryan Paragraph" that was enforced by the Nazi regime shortly after they took control of the German government.

10. Why does Metaxas claim that the people of Germany were impatient with the Weimar Republic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review the Bonhoeffer's inmates at Buchenwald. Detail how his relationship with them upheld his views of Christian leadership and the principles of inclusion that he pursued through the ecumenical movement.

Essay Topic 2

While Bonhoeffer was an associate pastor to Friedrich Olbricht, his intensity and expectations of Christians conflicted with Olbricht's approach to his flock. Identify an irreconcilable conflict that came of the different personalities and one thing that Bonhoeffer took from his time in Barcelona that affected his life's ministry. Detail how these items continued to affect his relationships, his ministries, and his theology throughout his life.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the several assassination attempts against Hitler as they are detailed in the book and the reasons for their failure. Give your impression of which had the best opportunity for success of avoiding blow back from the Nazis if it had been pulled off and which had the best opportunity of negotiating a peace settlement wit the allies.

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