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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. When was the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, established?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1715.
(d) 1645.

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) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Lieutenant George Stout.
(c) Captain Mason Hammond.
(d) Colonel George A. Taylor.

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

4. 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?
(a) Altaussee, Austria.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Vienna, Austria.
(d) Linz, Austria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?

3. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?

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

5. What does “MFAA” stand for?

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