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

2. It was March of what year when the Germans annexed Austria?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

3. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1935.

4. Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer was detained in Mont Saint-Michel by American soldiers because he was suspected to be what?
(a) A Spanish spy.
(b) A German spy.
(c) A French spy.
(d) A Russian spy.

5. Where was George Stout from?
(a) Winterset, Iowa.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

4. When was the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, established?

5. 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?

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