Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Quiz

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How did the Treaty of Versailles play a role in protecting Hitler from a coup, according to Metaxas? (from Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

The treaty prohibited such treachery as they were planning in their coup.

The treaty prohibited any action on their part unless it was taken under the advisement of the allied powers that wrote it.

The German generals desired to overthrow the treaty so they accepted the victories to which Hitler led them.

Hitler pointed out that the treaty prohibited their jobs from existing, so he showed that his violating it was in their benefit.

What happened to Gersdorff after his failed attempt? (from Chapters 26 and 27)

He lived until 1980.

He was blown up and the incident exposed the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler.

He fled to Switzerland.

He was executed with Bonhoeffer and his other co-conspirators.

What does Metaxas suggest gave Bonhoeffer hope on Easter Sunday, 1945? (from Chapters 29, 30 and 31)

News from General von Falkenhausen, one of the inmates with Bonhoeffer, that the German defeat was at hand.

Many of the prison guards were not showing up at their stations so they could escape capture by American soldiers.

His renewed faith that the Resurrection symbolized he would come through his imprisonment.

The sound of allied weaponry and bombs approaching Buchenwald.

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 providing a Biblical analysis of Hitler's election.

Bonhoeffer was giving a Christian rebuttal to the election 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 alerting his listeners of the dangers of Hitler.

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 either being Christian or National Socialist.

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 being at peace or at war.