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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: “Germany,” Chapters 30-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was George Stout from?
(a) St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Winterset, Iowa.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

2. What is the title of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21?
(a) “The Cellar.”
(b) “The Train.”
(c) “Cleves, Germany.”
(d) “Going West.”

3. What museum in Aachen had Captain Walter Hancock spent the past month at as he attempted to determine where the works of art had been moved, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) The Suermondt Museum.
(b) The Jeu de Paume Museum.
(c) The Guggenheim Museum.
(d) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

4. Who is described in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 26 as “a curator at the National Gallery who had helped evacuate its prized works to the Biltmore Estate in 1941”?
(a) Lamont Moore.
(b) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(c) George A. Taylor.
(d) Jacques Jaujard.

5. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) June 6, 1944.
(c) February 15, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stout and Hancock entered Cologne in March of 1945, Hancock assessed that there were less than how many citizens still left in the city?

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

3. 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?

4. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

5. Albert Speer was what official party member number of the Nazi Party?

(see the answer key)

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