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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapters 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany?
(a) Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.
(b) Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz.
(c) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach.
(d) Hans Holbein the Elder.

2. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?
(a) 1432.
(b) 1326.
(c) 1562.
(d) 1742.

3. 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) June 6, 1944.
(b) February 15, 1944.
(c) May 27, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

4. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) September 7, 1944.
(b) March 18, 1945.
(c) April 16, 1943.
(d) February 15, 1944.

5. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?
(a) California.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Texas.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?

2. What Austrian city did Hitler intend to redevelop into his own version of Florence, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

3. On what date were America's cultural leaders called to a meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Metropolitan Museum director Francis Henry Taylor, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?

4. When was James Rorimer assigned to Paris, where he was to protect fifty-two official monuments, assist hundreds of Nazi looting victims, and track down many hundreds of missing public monuments?

5. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?

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