View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who rallied the survivors of the attack at Omaha Beach with the rallying cry, “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here,” according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Colonel George A. Taylor.

3. What literary review had Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein founded while attending Harvard?
(a) Cambridge Literary Journal.
(b) National Lampoon.
(c) Hound and Horn.
(d) Fox and Hound.

4. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?
(a) A gold star.
(b) A red star.
(c) A blue ribbon.
(d) A pink ribbon.

5. When was the Reich Sword of Prince Albrecht forged?
(a) 1498.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1540.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?

3. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?

4. Where was Harry Ettlinger living when he was drafted into the army?

5. When did Walker Hancock arrive in La Gleize, Belgium, following the Battle of the Bulge?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample