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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. When Captain Walter Hancock found the catalogue of the articles from the museum at Aachen, he discovered that the most valuable items had been moved to what city in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) Trier, Germany.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Nuremberg, Germany.
(d) Siegen, Germany.

2. Cologne had been hit by how many repeated Allied bombing runs when George Stout and Walker Hancock entered the city in March of 1945?
(a) 211.
(b) 125.
(c) 262.
(d) 164.

3. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?
(a) Siegen, Germany.
(b) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(c) Salzburg, Austria.
(d) Cleves, Germany.

4. When did the Battle of Aachen take place?
(a) December 12-18, 1944.
(b) March 12-20, 1944.
(c) September 1-12, 1943.
(d) October 2-21, 1944.

5. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21, the official role of the ERR was to provide material for whose “scholarly” institutes?
(a) Emmerich Pöchmüller’s.
(b) Gauleiter Eigruber’s.
(c) Alfred Rosenberg’s.
(d) Hermann Göring’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the Monuments Men arrive at the Third Army base in Trier, Germany, to assess the damage there after the fighting ended?

2. Before World War II, what had been the population of Cologne, Germany?

3. During what years was Franklin D. Roosevelt in office as President of the U.S.?

4. What archeological colleague of Colonel Wheeler’s “happened to be serving as an artillery captain in a unit near Leptis Magna,” according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

5. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?

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