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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. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?

3. What momentous historic event does Metaxas note took place two days after Bonhoeffer arrived in Germany, and of which he was ignorant?

4. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?

5. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Metaxas claim that Karl Barth influenced Bonhoeffer's theological approach?

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

6. How does Metaxas explain the Fuherer Principle?

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

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

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

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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