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

2. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) Johannes Vermeer.
(b) Sheldon Keck.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) John Gettens.

3. When did Captain Walker Hancock join George Stout on a mission to visit a repository that held Dutch masterpieces and an original Rembrandt and to arrange for the protection of the works?
(a) June 6, 1944.
(b) October 10, 1944.
(c) September 16, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

4. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?
(a) September 16, 1944.
(b) October 10, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

5. What was the name of George Stout’s wife?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Margie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

2. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?

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

4. 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?

5. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

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