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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?
(a) Because many who were joining the group were not German or Christian.
(b) Because most Christians had already left Germany.
(c) Because the group's embrace of heresy violated the definition of being Christian, and many true Germans disagreed with their positions.
(d) Because they were following Adolf Hitler who was neither German or Christian.

2. How did the commissar order revitalize the conspiracy to overthrow Hitler?
(a) The generals felt that adding an SS commissar to their entourage would slow down their progress.
(b) The generals felt that prisoners of war were their responsibility and could be used in productive supporting roles for their soldiers.
(c) Many generals considered the order to be an unreasonable violation of the rules of warfare.
(d) Many generals felt Soviet commissars could be used to find more important tactical information.

3. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?
(a) To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.
(b) To support the German Christians abroad.
(c) To help in opposing Nazi efforts to interfere with the mission of the church.
(d) Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.

4. How did the German Pastor's Emergency League respond to Reichsbischof Ludwig Muller's attempt to prevent it from meeting in synod by closing the Berlin Cathedral, according to Metaxas?
(a) They asked Bonhoeffer to separate his congregations from the official German church.
(b) They held their synod in the courtyard adjacent to the Cathedral.
(c) They asked for international observation of Nazi involvement in church affairs.
(d) They signed a petition expressing their disagreement.

5. 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?
(a) The German church faced the choice of being at peace or at war.
(b) The German church faced the choice of being free or slave.
(c) The German church faced the choice of either being Christian or National Socialist.
(d) The German church faced the choice of defending their faith or compromising it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas cite as the first reason that Bonhoeffer joined the Abwehr?

2. What does Metaxas report to be the commissar order?

3. What does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer saw would destroy Germany after the defeat of France?

4. What was the objective that Bonhoeffer put to the attendees of the youth conference that began the ecumenical conference at Fano?

5. How had Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affect his view of the church, according to Metaxas?

(see the answer key)

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