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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. Who was the chief of Hitler’s security police and the second-highest-ranking member of the SS in May of 1945?
(a) Heinrich Hoffman.
(b) Archibald MacLeish.
(c) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(d) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.

2. 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.

3. As Hermann Göring made his way toward his estate at Mauterndorf in May of 1945, his artwork was in transit to what location?
(a) Unterstein.
(b) Heilbronn.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Trier.

4. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) February 15, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

5. What was the nickname of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
(a) “The Rough Riders.”
(b) “The Rock of the Marne.”
(c) “The Rolling Stone.”
(d) “The Albatross of the West.”

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?

2. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?

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

4. Whose name was on the casket that was adorned with a wreath and red ribbons in the mine at Bernterode?

5. Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer was detained in Mont Saint-Michel by American soldiers because he was suspected to be what?

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