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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: “The Void,” Chapters 44-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the German forces surrender in Italy?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) May 2, 1945.
(c) March 20, 1945.
(d) April 12, 1945.

2. What does “semper fidelis” translate to in English?
(a) Tomorrow’s sorrows.
(b) Always faithful.
(c) Duty before art.
(d) Lost remembrance.

3. Who was the director of the French National Museums that had the Louvre's works of art transported to the French countryside before Germany's invasion in 1940?
(a) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(b) Jacques Jaujard.
(c) Hermann Göring.
(d) Gauleiter Eigruber.

4. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?
(a) Edward Albee.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

5. What painting by Raphael was officially listed as missing among the masterpieces stolen from the Czartoryski Collection in Cracow?
(a) Madonna on a Blanket.
(b) Girl with a Pearl Earring.
(c) Child in the Forest.
(d) Portrait of a Young Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Madonna of La Gleize was moved to the cellar of whose house following the Battle of the Bulge?

2. What does “LST” stand for?

3. When Hans Frank was apprehended by U.S. forces, he turned over how many volumes of his personal diaries to his captors?

4. On what date did Harry Ettlinger ship out to basic training?

5. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?

(see the answer key)

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