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

2. What does Metaxas claim to have set the mood of Britons regarding their attitude toward Germans?
(a) A Desire of all Britons to put the ware behind them and restore international relations.
(b) A government propaganda campaign that vilified all Germans for the sake of winning WWII.
(c) National exhaustion after fighting such a long and violent war.
(d) Emotional duress caused by the loss of so many loved ones during the war.

3. How does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's parents learned of his death?
(a) By receiving a letter from the commandant of Flossenburg concentration camp.
(b) From watching the video of his execution on a movie theater news reel.
(c) By listening to the broadcast of his memorial service on the Radio.
(d) By receiving a phone call from one of Bonhoeffers survivors after his release from Flossenburg concentration camp.

4. How does Metaxas describe the mood of the people where Bonhoeffer was memorialized?
(a) The crowd at the Vatican was subdued and respectful as the Pope gave his observations.
(b) It seemed strange to many Britons to honor a German citizen after suffering from the war with Germany.
(c) Flossenburg camp survivors were subdued and sought to avoid detection.
(d) Bonhoeffer's former classmates and professors were somber as each offered a eulogy.

5. How does Metaxas describe the "Thursday Circle"?
(a) A group of friends who gathered at 14 Wangenheimstrasse.
(b) The children in his Sunday school class who would come to his house.
(c) A study group with which he met as he worked through his doctorate.
(d) A discussion group of young men Bohnoeffer personally selected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?

2. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?

3. How does Metaxas report a member of Igel described Bonhoeffer?

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

5. Upon what does Metaxas focus "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" upon?

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