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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 was the date of Bonhoeffer's Memorial Service, according to Metaxas?

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

3. What is the explanation that Metaxas gives for Bonhoeffer's willingness to join the same fraternity his father, Igel, when he attended Berlin University?

4. How did Henry Smithe Lieper explain how Bonhoeffer was different from his pastoral peers in Germany, according to Metaxas?

5. Why does Metaxas suggest the students in Bonhoeffer's confirmation class in Wedding were different from similar children in classes he taught in Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Metaxas claim that meeting Karl Barth was important to Bonhoeffer?

3. What does Metaxas claim to be Bonhoeffer's goal in writing the Bethel Confession?

4. How does Metaxas explain the Fuherer Principle?

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

6. How did Bonhoeffer characterize religion in a lecture given while he was an assistant pastor in Barcelona, according to Metaxas?

7. How does Metaxas record the German Reich came into existence?

8. For what was Bonhoeffer's maternal great-grandfather, Karl August von Hase, well known according to Metaxas?

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

10. For what was Bonhoeffer's father, Karl Bonhoeffer, internationally renowned, according to Metaxas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During his time in Rome, Bonhoeffer made several observations of the Catholic church that he carried into his theological vies and his involvement with the ecumenical movement. Choose two observations that Bonhoeffer made regarding Catholic worship and dogma that helped to shape Bonhoeffer's theological views. In your essay, demonstrate:

1. The cause-effect of the observation on Bonhoeffer's thinking.

2. How the two observations manifested themselves in Bonhoeffer's life and ministries.

Essay Topic 2

Think of yourself as being in the role of a church leader in Nazi Germany in 1934. You are being pressured by the government to accept various intrusions into your church, such as making your youth department part of the Hitler Youth, and taking loyalty oaths to the Nazi Party. Write how you would plan to respond and what steps you would take to prepare your church for your decision, then write the message you would deliver to your congregation telling them of your decision and informing them of the first steps they will need to take so you can lead your church toward where you feel it needs to go.

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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