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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29, 30 and 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the conspiracy against Hitler does Metaxas suggest was arrested before Bonhoeffer?
(a) Wilhelm Schmidhuber.
(b) Hans Oster.
(c) Joseph Muller.
(d) Hans Dohnanyi.

2. According to Metaxas, after Bonhoeffer had returned to Germany from New York, how did he view theology?
(a) He believed that theology was what separated Christians from pagans.
(b) He believed that theology was to be protected from the Nazis.
(c) He believed that theology was the basis by which the Bible should be studied.
(d) He believed that theology must lead to the practical aspects of how to live as a Christian.

3. When does Metaxas record Maria learned of Bonhoeffer's arrest?
(a) April 5.
(b) 13 days after it had happened.
(c) Two days later when the Gestapo showed up at her house to question her about her relationship with Bonhoeffer.
(d) April 20.

4. What is the one area in which Bonhoeffer's father saw a relationship with the work of his son, according to a letter cited by Metaxas?
(a) He learned that he could only deal with problems if he separated himself emotionally from them.
(b) He had discovered that living relationships to human beings and the possibility of meaning something to them was more important than the professional obligations.
(c) He had to depend on what was taught him as a child to deal with the problems as an adult.
(d) He had to depend on hard reason rather than emotions to get him through the challenges.

5. What does Metaxas report to be the conditions in Germany that inspired Adolph Hitler to lead the Bierhall Putch?
(a) A populist disdain for Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.
(b) A wave of nationalistic sentiment.
(c) A desire to establish a constitutional republic.
(d) Hyperinflation of the German Mark due to attempts to meet the harsh economic terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London?

2. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?

3. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?

4. What was the last thing Bonhoeffer did with the prisoners with whom he was in transit before he was taken by the Gestapo to be executed?

5. How did Germans consider the Weimar Republic, according to Metaxas?

(see the answer key)

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