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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) Oil.
(b) Rights for citizens.
(c) A good food supply.
(d) Tribunals.

2. What did Jagerstatter's lawyer have no inkling of according to his interview with Zahn?
(a) Jagerstatter's family money.
(b) Jagerstatter's religious endeavors.
(c) Jagerstatter's willingness to die.
(d) Jagerstatter's lack of money.

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

4. Who did Jagerstatter tell his wife not to think evil of?
(a) Hitler.
(b) His lawyer.
(c) Those who decided to serve the military.
(d) The judges.

5. Who helped Jagerstatter find a lawyer?
(a) His village priest.
(b) A friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

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

7. What point did Jagerstatter make about how the Nazi party would regard him even if he was to accept to join the military?
(a) Because he was a farmer.
(b) Because he was Catholic.
(c) Because he voiced his opinion.
(d) Because he was not a voluntary recruit.

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

9. When was Jagerstatter able to receive letters in his Berlin prison?
(a) Once a month.
(b) As they arrived.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Twice a month.

10. How did the villagers see Jagerstatter's actions as being motivated by?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) A mental breakdown.
(d) His ego.

11. Why did the Nazis allow people to be privately devoted to their personal convictions?
(a) Because they could not monitor everyone.
(b) Because it was busy with the war.
(c) Because it was easier for the police.
(d) Because it damaged the Church.

12. What does Zahn say didn't impact Jagerstatter ?
(a) His mother's weak health.
(b) His wife's resentment toward his cousin.
(c) The principles of the sect.
(d) His daughter's plea for him to stay safe.

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

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

15. What did most of the village do after the Jagerstatter's arrest, according to his wife?
(a) They joined the army.
(b) They joined the resistance.
(c) They tried to avoid her.
(d) They supported her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assigned to defend Jagerstatter in military court?

2. What does Zahn say might have been detrimental to his research?

3. What did the majority of the people in Jagerstatter 's village think he should have done?

4. What did Jagerstatter's lawyer know about the sentence?

5. Who insisted that Jagerstatter's name was included on the monument?

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