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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why wasn't rejecting the Nazi Party an automatic death sentence?
(a) The judges were easily bribed.
(b) The firing squads were not sharp shooters.
(c) There were loopholes in the law.
(d) The Nazis were trying to win opposition over.

2. What was "creeping in upon us" according to Jagerstatter?
(a) Communism.
(b) The law.
(c) Christianity.
(d) National Socialism.

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

4. What does the tribunal tell Jagerstatter at the start of his trial?
(a) That to refuse military service would equate death.
(b) That the trial was just a formality and that his execution was already being planned.
(c) That he had the right to pick a better attorney.
(d) That a bribe would go a long way.

5. Where was Jagerstatter moved to prior to his death?
(a) Brandenburg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Enns.
(d) Ermstberg.

6. What types of weapons did Jagerstatter prophesy?
(a) Weapons that could defeat the Nazis.
(b) Weapons that would be manufactured by women.
(c) Weapons that could smash the entire world into ruins.
(d) Weapons that would be sent into space.

7. What was Jagerstatter's sentence?
(a) 55000 ReichMarks fine.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Death.
(d) 50 cane stokes.

8. What did Jagerstatter's wife say he was trying to do for his cousin?
(a) Get his cousin a job at the prison.
(b) Get his cousin to join the army.
(c) Get his cousin to follow him to Britain.
(d) Get his cousin back to the Catholic faith.

9. Why did Mary think the villagers were not inclined to talk with Zahn?
(a) Because he was American.
(b) Because most of them forgot about the incident.
(c) Because they didn't want to appear as if they supported Jagerstatter.
(d) Because of an uneasy conscience.

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

11. What were the few villagers that were willing to say that Jagerstatter had "done something great" inclined to do?
(a) Hide themselves.
(b) Leave the village.
(c) Say they supported him.
(d) Put limits on his actions.

12. When was Jagerstatter allowed to write letters in his Berlin prison?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Twice a month.

13. What did Jagerstatter's lawyer know about the sentence?
(a) It was unusually harsh.
(b) It was final.
(c) It could still be reversed.
(d) It was open to interpretation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jagerstatter able to receive letters in his Berlin prison?

2. What monument includes the name of Jagerstatter?

3. When did Jagerstatter have the dream included in "On the Question of Our Day: Catholic or Nazi?"

4. Who did Jagerstatter's farewell letter transferred by?

5. What was the name of the chaplain whose memoir Zahn used?

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