View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) February 15, 1944.
(b) March 18, 1945.
(c) April 16, 1943.
(d) September 7, 1944.

2. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
(a) Albrecht Dürer.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
(d) Johannes Vermeer.

3. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1562.
(c) 1326.
(d) 1432.

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

5. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Edward Albee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does “MFAA” stand for?

3. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample