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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metaxas suggest prevented Bonhoeffer from accepting his grandmother's encouragement to take a trip to India to visit Ghandi?

2. What does Metaxas report to be Bonhoeffer's first ministry?

3. What does Metaxas claim to have been a positive consequence of Bonhoeffer's Memorial service being held in England?

4. Why does Metaxas claim Reformation Sunday is a patriotic holiday in Germany?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Metaxas, why was Reformation Sunday an important celebration for churches in Germany?

2. How does Metaxas suggest Bonhoeffer's relationships outside of Germany affected his view of the church?

3. What does Metaxas report to be Churchill's response to conspiracies to assassinate Adolf Hitler seeking allied support?

4. Who does Metaxas claim to have inspired Bonhoeffer to desire to travel to Rome?

5. How did the opponents to Reichbischof Muller's position consider the term "German Christians" to be oxymoronic?

6. What does Metaxas highlight from Harry Emerson Fosdick's Sermon, "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"

7. How does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer suggested Christians' treatment of Christ while he was in Barcelona?

8. Why does Metaxas claim that the people of Germany were impatient with the Weimar Republic?

9. How does Metaxas paraphrase Martin Luther to explain that faith in the Gospel affects individual lives?

10. What marked the friendship between Bonhoeffer and Franz Reinhold Hildebrandt according to Metaxas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review the Bonhoeffer's inmates at Buchenwald. Detail how his relationship with them upheld his views of Christian leadership and the principles of inclusion that he pursued through the ecumenical movement.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Germany's Fuhrer Principle to Bonhoeffer's view of servant leadership. Give a brief review of the origins of each concept and how each manifested themselves in the lives of Germany and Bonhoeffer.

Essay Topic 3

A significant political struggle took place over the office of the Reichsbischof (Reich Bishop) as an appointed commission of three bishops chose a bishop to preside over German churches not to Hitler's liking. Give a detailed report of the background of the Reichsbischof, why the Nazis were so desirous to have an individual in the position that supported their agenda, and how the Nazis finally took command over the situation.

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