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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 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) John Gettens.
(b) Johannes Vermeer.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Lamont Moore.

2. 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) September 16, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) October 10, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

3. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) Sheldon Keck.
(b) Paul Sachs.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) Rose Valland.

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

5. 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?
(a) June 26, 1939.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) December 20, 1941.
(d) August 27, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?

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

3. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?

4. 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?

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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