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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?
(a) Because military service was expected by his strict father.
(b) Because he became empathetic with a nationalist movement that identified the Treaty of Versailles as the cause of Germany's economic and social problems.
(c) Because he felt an obligation to offer his service to the benefit of the German Empire.
(d) Because he was conscripted into militia service as the limits placed on the German military by the Treaty of Versailles were insufficient to protect Germany from enemies and insurrections.

2. According to Metaxas, to what did ideas and beliefs have to relate before Bonhoeffer would consider them worthwhile?
(a) The universal catholic church.
(b) The world of reality outside one's mind.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The observations of great historians.

3. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer did not marry his first love?
(a) Because she married another man while he was travelling.
(b) Because Bonhoeffer's travels around the world kept the relationship from growing.
(c) Because Bonhoeffer would not allow other people to get close to him.
(d) Because she was Jewish.

4. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?
(a) Igel eschewed the use of alcohol.
(b) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.
(c) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.
(d) Igel had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.

5. Toward the end of 1923, what does Metaxas claim could be bought with 100,000 marks?
(a) A week of groceries.
(b) A bottle of wine and strawberries.
(c) A Mercedes Benz.
(d) A months rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Metaxas report to be the professor who became the greatest influence over Bonhoeffer's life?

2. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

3. What does Metaxas use for the information upon which he builds his book?

4. How does Metaxas describe the "Thursday Circle"?

5. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?

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