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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapters 51-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Captain Walter Hancock found the catalogue of the articles from the museum at Aachen, he discovered that the most valuable items had been moved to what city in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) Nuremberg, Germany.
(b) Trier, Germany.
(c) Siegen, Germany.
(d) Salzburg, Austria.

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?
(a) 21.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

3. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?
(a) June 6, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) May 27, 1944.
(d) February 15, 1944.

4. When did the Battle of Hürtgen Forest take place?
(a) January to February, 1944.
(b) March to May, 1944.
(c) August to September, 1943.
(d) September to December, 1944.

5. Albert Speer was what official party member number of the Nazi Party?
(a) 11,214.
(b) 21,654.
(c) 125,213.
(d) 474,481.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did George Stout breathe “the first warm air of a British spring,” according to the author in the beginning of Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

2. What literary review had Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein founded while attending Harvard?

3. When Stout and Hancock entered Cologne in March of 1945, Hancock assessed that there were less than how many citizens still left in the city?

4. 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?

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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