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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 did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?
(a) July 17, 1944.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) March 18, 1945.

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

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

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

5. Who had issued an executive order stating that important artistic and historical sites were not to be bombed in one of his last acts before leaving Italy, prior to the bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino?
(a) Major Ernest DeWald.
(b) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(c) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was March of what year when the Germans annexed Austria?

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

3. During what years was Franklin D. Roosevelt in office as President of the U.S.?

4. 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?

5. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

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