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

2. Who was assigned to inspect monuments in Sicily on his own with no resources or assistance and once in Italy became buried by bureaucracy, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) Lieutenant George Stout.
(b) Captain Mason Hammond.
(c) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(d) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.

3. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?
(a) 1562.
(b) 1742.
(c) 1432.
(d) 1326.

4. How many of the Monuments Men were still in their twenties, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What does “MFAA” stand for?

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