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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Martyr and His Church and The Martyr as Rebel: A Sociological.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jagerstatter tell his daughter about Christianity?
(a) That suffering was not needed because of his sacrifice.
(b) That it is not demanded of true believers.
(c) That suffering was unnecessary because of Christ's sacrifice.
(d) That suffering was part of it.

2. When was Fr. Baldinger's article on Jagerstatter published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

3. What did Jagerstatter think serving the Nazis would make him?
(a) A monster.
(b) Evil.
(c) An idiot.
(d) A weak person.

4. What was "institutional forms of protest and only incidentally and consequentially did it relate to the individual level of behavior" according to Zahn?
(a) The Church conformity to the Nazi regime.
(b) The conformity of priests to the Nazi regime.
(c) The Church objections to the Nazi regime.
(d) The conformity of believers to the Nazi regime.

5. What was common knowledge in Jagerstatter's village according to Zahn?
(a) Jagerstatter's refusal to serve in the Nazi military.
(b) That the Nazis were losing the war.
(c) That Jagerstatter was insane.
(d) That Jagerstatter was Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "creeping in upon us" according to Jagerstatter?

2. What was Jagerstatter's role at his church?

3. What point did Jagerstatter make about how the Nazi party would regard him even if he was to accept to join the military?

4. What did the priest probably think of the war?

5. How did the social theorist Zahn mentioned in the final chapter define martyr?

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