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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 report Bonhoeffer found when he visited Friedrich von Bodelschwing's Bethel community in Bielefeld?

2. Why does Metaxas claim Bonhoeffer became a soldier?

3. Who was the theologian that Metaxas reports Bonhoeffer lobbied to have placed in the University of Berlin that the Nazis rejected?

4. From whom does Metaxas report that Bonhoeffer's mother, Clara von Hase, took piano lessons?.

5. Upon what Christian principal was the Barman Declaration that rejected Nazi influence over the German church based, according to Metaxas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Metaxas lament Martin Luther's late-in-life anti-Semitic comments?

3. What does Metaxas report to be the "Aryan Paragraph" that was enforced by the Nazi regime shortly after they took control of the German government.

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

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

6. What does Metaxas write to be the significance of the Nazi's burning the books of Erich Remarque?

7. Why does Metaxas suggest that Bonhoeffer was willing to accept pastoral work in England from the Third Reich's Theodor Heckel in the Church Foreign Office?

8. What were the liberal theological ideas promoted by Adolf von Harnack with which Bonhoeffer disagreed, according to Metaxas?

9. How does Metaxas explain how the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" affected Bonhoeffer?

10. What challenge did Bonhoeffer raise in his letter to Bishop Ammundsen, cited by Metaxas, regarding the ecumenical meeting in Fano?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the several assassination attempts against Hitler as they are detailed in the book and the reasons for their failure. Give your impression of which had the best opportunity for success of avoiding blow back from the Nazis if it had been pulled off and which had the best opportunity of negotiating a peace settlement wit the allies.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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