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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapters 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?
(a) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(b) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.
(c) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(d) Major Tom Howie.

2. Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer was detained in Mont Saint-Michel by American soldiers because he was suspected to be what?
(a) A Russian spy.
(b) A French spy.
(c) A German spy.
(d) A Spanish spy.

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

4. Who was the director of the French National Museums that had the Louvre's works of art transported to the French countryside before Germany's invasion in 1940?
(a) Jacques Jaujard.
(b) Hermann Göring.
(c) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(d) Gauleiter Eigruber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?

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

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

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. How many of the Monuments Men were still in their twenties, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

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