Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Quiz

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What event does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw Psalms 74 as being a direct communication from God regarding the situation in Germany? (from Chapters 20, 21 and 22)

The Night of the Long Knives.

The Enabling Acts.

The Kristallnacht.

The 1936 Olympics.

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

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

The presence of Bonhoeffer's quiet courage.

The hymns that Bonhoeffer gently sang.

What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London? (from Chapters 14, 15 and 16)

The German Christians had begun purging Jewish Christians from protestant activities.

Hitler was attempting to prove that he was someone who could be trusted in the international community.

Hitler and Stalin agreed to the Nonaggression Pact.

Reinhold Krause had made a defamatory diatribe against German Jews during a celebration at the Berlin Sportpalast.

Why was the German Government opposed to Bonhoeffer and is ordinands traveling to visit the Swiss church, according to a quote found by Metaxas? (from Chapters 17, 18 and 19)

"...because Bonhoeffer has caused no small amount of embarrassment when he has gone to other countries."

"...because his influence is not conducive to German interests."

"...because Bonhoeffer's presentation to the international press will bring disfavor to our leaders."

"...because it is important that we protect the Christian solidarity of our citizens."

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.