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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. What does Metaxas report to be the focus of Bonhoeffer's speech, "The Younger Generation's Altered Concept of Leadership", that he gave two days after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany?
(a) Bonhoeffer was giving a Christian rebuttal to the election of Hitler.
(b) Bonhoeffer was alerting his listeners of the dangers of Hitler.
(c) Bonhoeffer was giving a philosophical dissent with a popular, decades old, concept, the Fuhrer Principle, that promoted the belief that Germany needed a strong central leader.
(d) Bonhoeffer was providing a Biblical analysis of Hitler's election.

2. Why did the opponents the group, "German Christians" consider the name to be oxymoronic?
(a) Because the group's embrace of heresy violated the definition of being Christian, and many true Germans disagreed with their positions.
(b) Because they were following Adolf Hitler who was neither German or Christian.
(c) Because many who were joining the group were not German or Christian.
(d) Because most Christians had already left Germany.

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

4. While Bonhoeffer was in London, who does Metaxas identify as the church leader who became his most important contact in the ecumenical movement?
(a) Karl Barth.
(b) Erwin Sutz.
(c) George Bell.
(d) Franz Hildebrandt.

5. What does Metaxas claim annoyed Hitler regarding Christian teaching?
(a) That Christianity preached meekness.
(b) That Christianity had a long tradition that could not be dismantled.
(c) That Jesus was Jewish.
(d) That Christianity taught that Jesus was the only begotten son of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Biblical prophets did Metaxas compare Bonhoeffer based upon the speech he gave at Fano?

2. According to Metaxas, after Bonhoeffer had returned to Germany from New York, how did he view theology?

3. What does Metaxas cite as the first reason that Bonhoeffer joined the Abwehr?

4. What does Metaxas identify as the major difference between the ecumenical movement and Bonhoeffer with regard to WWII?

5. What does Metaxas cite as the main reason that Bonhoeffer's treatment at Tegel was not as severe as it could have been?

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