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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What monument includes the name of Jagerstatter?
(a) A monument erected to celebrate Catholic victims of the war.
(b) A monument erected to the memory of anti-Nazis.
(c) A monument erected to war resistance.
(d) A monument erected to the memory of those killed in the war.

2. What did Jagerstatter write prior to his imprisonment?
(a) A long autobiography.
(b) A self help book.
(c) A series of documentaries.
(d) A feature movie starring Jesus.

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

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

5. How long did Jagerstatter's last visit last?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 45 minutes.

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

7. Who put his career and life at risk in pleading for Jagerstatter?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His lawyer.
(d) His mother.

8. What did Jagerstatter's cousin do according to some in "A Train to Hell" and "The Martyr and His Village"?
(a) He tried to seduce Jagerstatter's wife.
(b) Influenced Jagerstatter's views on the war.
(c) He tried to break Jagerstatter out of prison.
(d) He told Jagerstatter's illegitimate daughter that he was his father.

9. 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.

10. Where did Jagerstatter promise his children to meet them?
(a) In heaven.
(b) On earth or heaven.
(c) In Berlin.
(d) At home.

11. What duty did Jagerstatter ask his wife and mother to remember?
(a) To take care of the farm.
(b) Their duty to God.
(c) Him.
(d) To pray for the executioners.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the tribunal tell Jagerstatter at the start of his trial?

4. What was the name of the priest that came to see Jagerstatter in prison?

5. What was Jagerstatter told in the car during his transfer?

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