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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Train to Hell and The Martyr and His Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Zahn give for the villager's attitude after the execution of Jagerstatter?
(a) They didn't want to have Mrs. Jagerstatter cry in front of them.
(b) They wanted to avoid any indication of aiding a Nazi subversive.
(c) They were too busy with the Russian advance to care.
(d) They wanted to take over her farm.

2. What role was Jagerstatter playing in the play at his home town?
(a) The priest.
(b) The soldier.
(c) The farmer.
(d) The town idiot.

3. What did Jagerstatter compare Nazis to?
(a) Vampires.
(b) Demons.
(c) Dark figures in the night.
(d) Idols demanding sacrifices.

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

5. What consequences were there for Jagerstatter because of the rumor he fathered an illegitimate daughter?
(a) He was imprisoned.
(b) He was put in the stockade.
(c) He was exiled.
(d) He was stoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zahn say Jagerstatter's hometown was too small to have?

2. Who would have Jagerstatter visited before reporting to the military according to Zahn?

3. What did Zahn take as an indication of the fact that there might have been more animosity between Mrs. Jagerstatter and the villagers than people are inclined to remember?

4. What reason did the prison chaplain give to Jagerstatter to try to convince him to accept a position in the millitary?

5. What did some people try to do publicly?

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