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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 had direct political connections to the line of German Chancellors dating back to the 19th century.
(c) Igel was politically moderate and patriotic, but not nationalistic.
(d) Igel members were well known for their elaborate hats and dueling scars.

2. What quote of Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt, does Metaxas use to show the intellectual demands Bonhoeffer placed on those who were close to him.
(a) "You could not be a friend of Dietrich's if you did not argue with him."
(b) "Dietrich would expect you to go to plays, operas, and museums with him and engage in lengthy conversations as to the significance of whatever was put before us."
(c) "He would know the answer to every question he asked you and put you under a constant test of your understanding of the Bible and the world."
(d) "Dietrich would ask for explanations and proofs of everything that came out of your mouth."

3. How did Bonhoeffer consider Christian opposition to Hitler's and the German Christian's manipulation of the church throughout the establishment of the Reichsbischof, according to Metaxas?
(a) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was being too easily taken in by Hitler's charms.
(b) Bonhoeffer began to see that the opposition to Hitler and the German Christians was weak and divided.
(c) Bonhoeffer felt that the church was playing a dangerous political game with Hitler.
(d) Bonhoeffer believe that some compromises needed to be made with Hitler's agenda if the church was to have any influence.

4. Who does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer's first love to be?
(a) Maria von Wedemeyer.
(b) Grete von Dohnanyi.
(c) Elizabeth Zinn.
(d) Emmi Delbruck.

5. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?
(a) His birthday.
(b) A concussion.
(c) A lack of funding.
(d) An opportunity to travel to Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Metaxas claim that the Nazis used Martin Luther's late writings regarding Jews to promote their agenda against the Jews.

2. What does Metaxas report to be the name of the church wherein Bonhoeffer heard the preaching of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.?

3. How does Metaxas explain the affect of the Aryan Paragraph on the German Church?

4. What German philosopher does Metaxas suggest that Hitler believed prophesied his rise to power?

5. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?

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