Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Quiz

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What does Metaxas claim to have inspired Bonhoeffer and his fellow prisoners to hang on through their imprisonment in Buchenwald? (from Chapters 29, 30 and 31)

The presence of Bonhoeffer's quiet courage.

The knowledge that any moment might bring their liberation or their deaths.

The willingness of all the prisoners to cooperate to try to find their way of escape.

The hymns that Bonhoeffer gently sang.

What choice did Bonhoeffer explain that the German church faced in a letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical conference in Fano? (from Chapters 14, 15 and 16)

The German church faced the choice of defending their faith or compromising it.

The German church faced the choice of being free or slave.

The German church faced the choice of either being Christian or National Socialist.

The German church faced the choice of being at peace or at war.

What was the politically dangerous message that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer made in a sermon at Trinity Church in Berlin one month after Hitler became Chancellor? (from Chapters 9 through 13)

"Who will you worship, the God of the Bible, or the Fuherer of Germany?"

"The Church has only one altar, the altar of the Almighty...before which all creatures must kneel...."

"We have only one God, and His only Son was the King of the Jews."

"The Jews remain to this day the chosen seed of God, from whom we, the Church of Jesus Christ, are the multitude of the promise to Abraham."

What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany? (from Chapters 9 through 13)

Bonhoeffer was alerting his listeners of the dangers of Hitler.

Bonhoeffer was giving a philosophical dissent with a popular, decades old, concept, the Fuhrer Principle, that promoted the belief that Germany needed a strong central leader.

Bonhoeffer was providing a Biblical analysis of Hitler's election.

Bonhoeffer was giving a Christian rebuttal to the election of Hitler.

Why didn't the suicide plan involving Major Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff to kill Hitler with bombs hiding in Gersdorff's overcoat while Hitler attended a Hero's Memorial Day, according to Metaxas? (from Chapters 26 and 27)

Because the Gestapo had discovered the plot and had Gersdorff arrested.

Because Gersdorff lost his nerve.

Because the fuses to the bombs did not work.

Because Hitler cut his visit short before the bombs could detonate.