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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. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?
(a) March 6, 1944.
(b) July 17, 1944.
(c) September 7, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

2. Who had issued an executive order stating that important artistic and historical sites were not to be bombed in one of his last acts before leaving Italy, prior to the bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino?
(a) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Major Ernest DeWald.

3. Who was the director of the French National Museums that had the Louvre's works of art transported to the French countryside before Germany's invasion in 1940?
(a) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(b) Jacques Jaujard.
(c) Hermann Göring.
(d) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.

4. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?
(a) Yale University.
(b) The University of Minnesota.
(c) King’s College, Cambridge.
(d) Harvard University.

5. What does “MFAA” stand for?
(a) Monuments, Final Acts, and Associations.
(b) Monuments of the Fair Act Association.
(c) Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives.
(d) Metropolitan Financial Account Activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

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?

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

4. What is the date of the letter from Hitler directing Dr. Hans Posse on the construction of a museum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

5. Where was George Stout from?

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