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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was assigned to defend Jagerstatter in military court?
(a) F.L. Muntenberg.
(b) F.L. Reichmann.
(c) F.L. Feldmann.
(d) F.L. Mayer.

2. What does Zahn say Jagerstatter did not refuse millitary service for?
(a) To preserve his life.
(b) To avoid having to leave his family.
(c) To make a religious statement.
(d) To make a political statement.

3. What type of organization likely had no contact with Jagerstatter ?
(a) Communism.
(b) Organized Nazi resistance.
(c) Farming union.
(d) American envoys.

4. Who did Jagerstatter's lawyer ask for help in convincing Jagerstatter to change his mind?
(a) His wife.
(b) The prison's chaplain.
(c) His best friend.
(d) The judge.

5. What did Jagerstatter's visitor try to do?
(a) Have him escape.
(b) Bribe the judges.
(c) Get a divorce.
(d) Have him change his mind.

6. What did Jagerstatter tell the court official in response to their pleas?
(a) To pray for him.
(b) He refused their offer.
(c) He refused to have a new lawyer.
(d) He accepted the fine.

7. What was the Nazi Party long opposed to according to Jagerstatter ?
(a) Freedom.
(b) The Church.
(c) Communism.
(d) British sea empire.

8. What did Jagerstatter admire about his cousin's faith?
(a) Its opposition to war on principle.
(b) Its dress code.
(c) Its mass.
(d) Its community.

9. What Archbishop was with Jagerstatter prior to his death?
(a) Rev. Kurtz.
(b) Rev. Hermann.
(c) Rev. Johakim.
(d) Rev. Jochmann.

10. What did Jagerstatter believe would happen if he accepted to serve in the military?
(a) He would be sent to the Eastern front.
(b) He would be excommunicated.
(c) He would be sent to a combative position.
(d) He would lose his soul.

11. Who came to visit Jagerstatter with a priest?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) The pope.

12. What path did Jagerstatter say was easier to follow than the one he chose?
(a) Path to ruin.
(b) Path to enlightened.
(c) Path to redemption.
(d) Path to death.

13. What faith did Jagerstatter's cousin belong to?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Calvinist.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Jehovah's Witness.

14. Where did Jagerstatter promise his children to meet them?
(a) On earth or heaven.
(b) At home.
(c) In heaven.
(d) In Berlin.

15. What does Zahn say might have been detrimental to his research?
(a) Being American.
(b) Articles in the local newspapers.
(c) Talking to Jagerstatter's wife.
(d) Being Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was lacking in Austria to make it a real "Fatherland" according to Jagerstatter ?

2. What did both Mrs. Jagerstatter and the priest in Jagerstatter 's village say Jagerstatter would have fought for?

3. What did the author use the writing of Jagerstatter prior to his imprisonment for?

4. What did Jagerstatter's wife say he was trying to do for his cousin?

5. What monument includes the name of Jagerstatter?

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