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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 meaning of the officials at Flossenburg telling the prisoners being transferred from Buchenwald that the camp was "too full" to receive them?

2. What does Metaxas cite as the main reason that Bonhoeffer's treatment at Tegel was not as severe as it could have been?

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

4. How had the relationship come to be known to Maria's mother, according to Metaxas?

5. Who gave Hitler early congratulations for his successful annexation of Austria, according to Metaxas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the most significant aspect of the relationship between Ruth von Kleist-Retzow and Bonhoeffer, according to Metaxas?

3. What did Metaxas report to be the event that led to the Kristallnacht?

4. 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?

5. Who was Metaxas' source of most of the information regarding Bonhoeffer during his time at Buchenwald?

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

7. What does Metaxas define as the Godesberg Declaration?

8. What does Metaxas suggest to be the reason that Bonhoeffer's uncle, Paul von Hase, spent a five hour visit at Tegel Prison on June 30, 1944.

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

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

Detail the political challenges that faced Hitler in the fall of 1937 as he began preparing his agenda for territorial expansion and wars. Identify who could have confronted Hitler and had him removed from his office, the political tools those individual had, and what sort of mechanisms could have been used to accomplish the task. What are the risks that faced those who would have taken such actions?

Essay Topic 2

Bonhoeffer began challenging Nazi oppressions almost from the moment he returned to Germany from America. Compare and contrast Bonhoeffer's theological views, including his views of eucumenicalism, to those of Hitler and the Nazis and how the two separate theological views played themselves out in Bonhoeffer's life and during the Nazi regime in Germany.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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