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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people describe Jagerstatter in his youth?

2. Why was a man hiding near Jagerstatter 's village?

3. What did Jagerstatter refuse?

4. Who did the young Jagerstatter discipline?

5. What does Zahn say Jagerstatter's home town had little of because of its remote location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zahn note about the final day of Jagerstatter's stay in St. Radegund?

2. What were the reasons given for Jagerstatter's exile from his village?

3. How did Jagerstatter's family see his actions?

4. Who did some people believe Jagerstatter was influenced by according to "A Train to Hell"?

5. What did Zahn conclude that Jagerstatter's stance exemplified?

6. What could Jagerstatter's stance be used to measure according to Zahn?

7. What had Jagerstatter decided about the war?

8. Why was Jagerstatter glad to not know the date of his death?

9. Who did Jagerstatter seek approval from according to "The Martyr and His Church"?

10. Who probably influenced Jagerstatter's religious tendencies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the reasons the Nazi military court had for sentencing Jagerstatter to death for his refusal to serve.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the change in the Catholic Church from before Hitler came to power and after Hitler came to power, focusing on the changes seen in the Catholic Church.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical significance of Franz Jagerstatter's life and death.

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