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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. Toward the end of 1923, what does Metaxas claim could be bought with 100,000 marks?

2. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's thoughts in London while some of his colleagues were concentrating on political battles against Nazi intrusion of the church?

4. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?

5. How did Bonhoeffer deal with the conduct of the students in Wedding?

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 report happened to the German mark beginning in 1923?

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

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

5. What does Metaxas suggest to be the motivation of Hitler's pro-Christian posturing as he was rising to power?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the Nazis became more assertive over the affairs of the church, Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse constructed the Bethel Confession which Metaxas claims, "...was to spell out the true and historic Christian faith, which contrasted with Ludwig Muller's facile and inchoate "theology." Identify the main points of the confession and the its ultimate fate after it was circulated among Germany's top clergy. What were the motivations of various clergymen to act in the fashion they did to the language of the Confession? Were their action dedicated to the defense of Christianity? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

When Bonhoeffer returned to Berlin after his year in Barcelona and another year in America, he found the Nazis were asserting themselves over every aspect of the German culture. Examine the book for reasons that Hitler and the Nazis became so appealing to Germany. Identify some of the difficulties that came to Germany due to the Treaty of Versailles as they are detailed in the book and even from sources outside of the book. Use these to help to explain Hitler's rise to power.

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