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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was lacking in Austria to make it a real "Fatherland" according to Jagerstatter ?
(a) A good food supply.
(b) Rights for citizens.
(c) Tribunals.
(d) Oil.

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

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

4. What did Jagerstatter dream about after having trouble falling asleep?
(a) A sinking tank.
(b) A small rat.
(c) A beautiful shining railroad train.
(d) A large cruise ship.

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

6. What was the name of the chaplain whose memoir Zahn used?
(a) Father Kramer.
(b) Father Mitberg.
(c) Father Yumstann.
(d) Father Bernhard Kunza.

7. Who did Jagerstatter's farewell letter transferred by?
(a) Prison authorities.
(b) The prison priest.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Nazi propaganda.

8. What did the court official plead with Jagerstatter to accept?
(a) To accept a non-combat position.
(b) Time in prison.
(c) A new lawyer.
(d) A fine.

9. What did both Mrs. Jagerstatter and the priest in Jagerstatter 's village say Jagerstatter would have fought for?
(a) Communism.
(b) God.
(c) His family.
(d) The Nazi occupation.

10. What carried its own consequence, according to Jagerstatter?
(a) Greed.
(b) Sins.
(c) War.
(d) Life.

11. When did Jagerstatter appear in court for his trial?
(a) July 19, 1943.
(b) July 6, 1943.
(c) July 17, 1943.
(d) July 1, 1945.

12. 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.

13. Where did Jagerstatter's party stop on their way to Berlin?
(a) Nuntentag.
(b) Stunteberg.
(c) Ragensburg.
(d) Berlin.

14. What did the train in Jagerstatter's dream represent?
(a) National Socialism.
(b) The world.
(c) Austria.
(d) Himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jagerstatter's lawyer ask for help in convincing Jagerstatter to change his mind?

2. Who rushed aboard the train Jagerstatter dreamed about?

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

4. Why did the Nazis allow people to be privately devoted to their personal convictions?

5. What did Jagerstatter's lawyer have no inkling of according to his interview with Zahn?

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