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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quote does Metaxas pull from a sermon that Bonhoeffer gave in Barcelona while his parents were visiting?
(a) "The essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ."
(b) "Christ has given scarcely any ethical prescriptions that wer not to be found already with the contemporary Jewish rabbis or in pagan literature."
(c) "[I]f you want to find eternity, you must serve the times."
(d) " I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too."

2. To what did Metaxas credit much of Luther's bitterness toward the Jews and others at the end of his life?
(a) A legalistic view of sin.
(b) An increasing exclusionary view of grace.
(c) A hard-line interpretation of the bible.
(d) A series of illnesses and generally declining health.

3. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.
(a) Because the Nazis respected Luther's theological perspective.
(b) Because Hitler adulated Luther.
(c) Because Luther's views met with the scientific foundation of the Nazis' racial policies.
(d) Because Luther's defined what it was to be a German Christian.

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

5. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?
(a) As just another political arrangement designed to empower the wealthy.
(b) As a logical extension from the days of the Kaiser who ruled over the united Germanic tribes.
(c) As an unpleasant political has forced on them by their enemies...who wanted Germany to be weak anyway.
(d) As preferable to Bolshevism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests did Bonhoeffer's mother pass to her daughter?

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

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

4. What was Bonhoeffer's view of philosophy, according to Metaxas?

5. At what age does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer completed his second postdoctoral thesis?

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