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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. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) October, 1942.
(c) October, 1944.
(d) January, 1943.

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) December 20, 1941.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) April 16, 1943.

3. 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) April 16, 1943.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) March 18, 1945.

4. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The British.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?

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

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”?

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. 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?

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