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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 was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?

3. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer often mentioned the Tower of Babel in his sermons?

4. How does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer kept informed of the turmoil involving the German church?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer suggested Christians' treatment of Christ while he was in Barcelona?

3. How did Bonhoeffer characterize religion in a lecture given while he was an assistant pastor in Barcelona, according to Metaxas?

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

5. What important church leader does Metaxas report to have come into Bonhoeffer's life while he was involved in his ministry in London?

6. How does Metaxas explain the Fuherer Principle?

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

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

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

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

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

Upon arriving in America and beginning his studies here, Bonhoeffer made some very harsh criticisms of American theology students. Are Bonhoeffer's observations true to this day? If so, how are they demonstrated? If not, explain why he is mistaken and point out evidence from the time of Bonhoeffer's visit that makes his observations incorrect.

Essay Topic 3

Metaxas reported that Hitler was not "openly anti-Christian, as most of his top lieutenants were." He also suggested that he used his public pronouncements to engender support from Christians. Are there American politicians today who take a similar approach to Christians as did Hitler? Compare and contrast Hitler's courting of Christians to win political influence to the same of an American politician. Is either Hitler or the American politician justified for their insincerity? Who is really to blame for the practice, the politicians who make false statements to win public support, or Christians who are so easily mislead? Give support for your answers.

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