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

2. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) March 20, 1945.
(d) September 7, 1944.

3. The basis of the English word “salary” derives from what substance once used as money?
(a) Sand.
(b) Shale.
(c) Salad.
(d) Salt.

4. What German term from Part IV: “The Void,” Chapter 38 refers to the downfall of the gods?
(a) Hürtgen.
(b) Pötschen.
(c) Götterdämmerung.
(d) Pöchmüller.

5. 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?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany?

2. As Hermann Göring made his way toward his estate at Mauterndorf in May of 1945, his artwork was in transit to what location?

3. 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?

4. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?

5. What Austrian city did Hitler intend to redevelop into his own version of Florence, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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