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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. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) Paul Sachs.
(b) Sheldon Keck.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) Rose Valland.

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

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

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

5. Where was George Stout from?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Winterset, Iowa.
(d) Cleveland, Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

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. What field refers to the technical art of preserving older or damaged works of art?

4. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

5. 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?

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