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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: “The Mission,” Chapters 5 - 9.

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) August 27, 1942.
(d) December 20, 1941.

2. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) February 15, 1944.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) September 7, 1944.
(d) March 18, 1945.

3. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) John Gettens.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Johannes Vermeer.

4. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?
(a) The London Museum.
(b) The Jeu de Paume Museum.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

5. What does “MFAA” stand for?
(a) Monuments, Final Acts, and Associations.
(b) Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives.
(c) Monuments of the Fair Act Association.
(d) Metropolitan Financial Account Activities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What archeological colleague of Colonel Wheeler’s “happened to be serving as an artillery captain in a unit near Leptis Magna,” according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

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?

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

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

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