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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 the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?
(a) October, 1944.
(b) January, 1943.
(c) October, 1942.
(d) November, 1944.

2. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) 66.
(b) 72.
(c) 45.
(d) 56.

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?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) December 20, 1941.
(c) June 26, 1939.
(d) April 16, 1943.

4. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) August 27, 1942.
(b) June 26, 1939.
(c) December 20, 1941.
(d) April 16, 1943.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first of the Monuments Men to visit the abbey at Monte Cassino to inspect the ruins?

2. Around what year did Seligmann’s descendants choose the surname Ettlinger?

3. What does “MFAA” stand for?

4. What is the date of Rosenberg’s transmittal letter to Hitler accompanying albums of photographs of works of art stolen for the Führermuseum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 7?

5. 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?

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