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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 the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany?

2. What was a recurring them that Bonhoeffer taught in the years before he became involved in the illegal seminaries of the Confessing Church, according to Metaxas?

3. What position did Hitler take when German pastors were allowed to meet with him to express their concerns?

4. What threat did Theodor Heckel make against Bonhoeffer to make him stop his attempts to oppose the German church from England?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Metaxas paraphrase Martin Luther to explain that faith in the Gospel affects individual lives?

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

3. What marked the friendship between Bonhoeffer and Franz Reinhold Hildebrandt according to Metaxas?

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

5. How does Metaxas record the German Reich came into existence?

6. How did Bonhoeffer's parents hear of his death, according to Metaxas?

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

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

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

10. What does Metaxas claim to be Hitler's goal in establishing the office of Reichsbischof (Reich bishop) over the church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Germany's Fuhrer Principle to Bonhoeffer's view of servant leadership. Give a brief review of the origins of each concept and how each manifested themselves in the lives of Germany and Bonhoeffer.

Essay Topic 2

While Bonhoeffer was in America he was exposed to the segregation of American blacks from the mainstream of white social institutions. Explain how Bonhoeffer responded to this from his theological viewpoint and how his time in America prepared him to respond to Nazi reprisals against the Jews.

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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