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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 event does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw Psalms 74 as being a direct communication from God regarding the situation in Germany?

2. Who in the conspiracy against Hitler does Metaxas suggest was arrested before Bonhoeffer?

3. What seeming contradiction of Bonhoeffer's was amplified by the war, according to Metaxas?

4. What dramatic event greeted Bonhoeffer as 1938 was beginning, according to Metaxas?

5. How did the commissar order revitalize the conspiracy to overthrow Hitler?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Gestapo begin to investigate those who were involved in Operation 7, according to Metaxas?

2. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's attitude about the death he was facing at the hands of the Nazis?

3. Who does Metaxas claim the conspiracy was targeting for assassination besides Hitler?

4. For what reason does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer left London for Berlin?

5. Where did Hitler require the French to sign the instrument of surrender to Germany after Hitler had conquered them, according to Metaxas?

6. According to a quote by Oskar Hammelsbeck cited by Metaxas, how had Bonhoeffer's moral convictions and his view of guilt lead him to be involved with the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler?

7. How did Bonhoeffer send coded messages to his family while was in captivity, according to Metaxas.

8. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo?

9. What does Metaxas identify as a major criticism that Bonhoeffer made of both the international ecumenical movement and the German Confessing Church?

10. Who does Metaxas claim to be the first person to recognize the chemistry between Maria von Wedemeyer and Bonhoeffer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A significant political struggle took place over the office of the Reichsbischof (Reich Bishop) as an appointed commission of three bishops chose a bishop to preside over German churches not to Hitler's liking. Give a detailed report of the background of the Reichsbischof, why the Nazis were so desirous to have an individual in the position that supported their agenda, and how the Nazis finally took command over the situation.

Essay Topic 2

Think of yourself as being in the role of a church leader in Nazi Germany in 1934. You are being pressured by the government to accept various intrusions into your church, such as making your youth department part of the Hitler Youth, and taking loyalty oaths to the Nazi Party. Write how you would plan to respond and what steps you would take to prepare your church for your decision, then write the message you would deliver to your congregation telling them of your decision and informing them of the first steps they will need to take so you can lead your church toward where you feel it needs to go.

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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