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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London?
(a) The German Christians had begun purging Jewish Christians from protestant activities.
(b) Hitler and Stalin agreed to the Nonaggression Pact.
(c) Hitler was attempting to prove that he was someone who could be trusted in the international community.
(d) Reinhold Krause had made a defamatory diatribe against German Jews during a celebration at the Berlin Sportpalast.

2. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?
(a) Erwin Sutz.
(b) Emil Brunner.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) Georg Wobbermin.

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

4. What accomplishment of Bonhoeffer's maternal great grandfather, Karl August von Hase, does Metaxas credit with fueling Bonhoeffer's interest in Rome?
(a) Von Hase's many mission trips with Roman Catholic Officials.
(b) Von Hase's 20 trips there and the strong ties he cultivated through them.
(c) Von Hase's vast collection of lyric poetry of Horace and Catullus.
(d) Von Hase's extensive journals and geographic records of his trips to Rome.

5. What German philosopher does Metaxas suggest that Hitler believed prophesied his rise to power?
(a) Nietzche.
(b) Borman.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Speer.

6. How does Metaxas indicate Deutsche Hilfsverein affected Bonhoeffer?
(a) He saw the terrible nature of Nazi anti-semitism.
(b) He learned how Germany was influencing the governments and cultures of other countries.
(c) He saw how people whose businesses failed and those who were caught in poverty or crime lived.
(d) It helped him with the realization of how his German heritage would direct his life.

7. What was the objective that Bonhoeffer put to the attendees of the youth conference that began the ecumenical conference at Fano?
(a) The objective was to help attendees make international contacts so they could find passage out of Germany.
(b) The objective was to realize that suffering was eminent.
(c) The objective was to hear what God would say to them.
(d) The objective was to equip the attendees with the knowledge to overcome Nazi attacks on their faith.

8. For what reason does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse wrote the Bethel Confession?
(a) To spell out the basics of the true and historic Christian faith.
(b) To admit to the German clergy his points of dissent with the Nazis.
(c) To reestablish the roles of confession of sin and forgiveness in Christian practice.
(d) To encourage Protestant pastors to revolt against the Nazi religious agenda.

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

10. What does Metaxas report to be the subject of Bonhoeffer's first sermon in Barcelona?
(a) An analysis between the historical critical view of the bible and the view of revelation.
(b) The comparison between a creationist view of origins and a Darwinist approach.
(c) The evils of judging based upon race.
(d) The difference between a faith based on human moral efforts and one based on god's grace.

11. Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer often mentioned the Tower of Babel in his sermons?
(a) To link the Nazis attempts to control the church with man's "religious" attempt to reach heaven on his own strength.
(b) Because he felt that too many efforts by church leaders were misdirected.
(c) To communicate with his supporters that he saw the attempts of the Nazis to be destined for failure.
(d) To prove to the Nazis that Old Testament passages had modern applications.

12. What was the biblical text that Luther used for his sermon at Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church, according to Metaxas?
(a) 1 Peter 2:20, "For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently this is commendable before God."
(b) Psalm 42, "My Soul is cast down within me."
(c) Revelation 2:4-5: "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love...."
(d) Psalm 19, "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations."

13. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?
(a) The students in Harlem were affluent and motivated whereas the students in Wedding were from lower class families and acted like they were trapped in their position.
(b) The students in Harlem were largely from poor, dysfunctional families and were disruptive, whereas the students in Wedding were patient and orderly.
(c) Because the students in Harlem participated voluntarily and their parents took their attendance seriously, whereas the students in Wedding were mandated by the state to attend, so the students were disruptive and disrespectful.
(d) There were no differences between the students in Harlem and Wedding.

14. 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.

15. Of what nation does Metaxas report Bonhoeffer to be a citizen?
(a) Poland.
(b) U.S.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two reasons Metaxas cites that Bonhoeffer decided to lead two German congregations in London?

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?

3. While Bonhoeffer was in London, who does Metaxas identify as the church leader who became his most important contact in the ecumenical movement?

4. What does Metaxas report to be the conditions in Germany that inspired Adolph Hitler to lead the Bierhall Putch?

5. What part of Bonhoeffer's trip to New York does Metaxas suggest had the most influence on his changed preaching style?

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