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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. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Bristol.

2. During what years was Franklin D. Roosevelt in office as President of the U.S.?
(a) 1936-1942.
(b) 1939-1945.
(c) 1933-1945.
(d) 1931-1945.

3. 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) Rose Valland.
(b) Paul Sachs.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Lamont Moore.

4. On what date did George Stout breathe “the first warm air of a British spring,” according to the author in the beginning of Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?
(a) August 27, 1942.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) March 18, 1945.
(d) April 16, 1943.

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) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(d) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what year did Seligmann’s descendants choose the surname Ettlinger?

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

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

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?

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

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