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

2. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum.
(b) The London Museum.
(c) The Jeu de Paume Museum.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

3. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?
(a) September 7, 1944.
(b) June 6, 1944.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

4. When did the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?
(a) January, 1943.
(b) October, 1944.
(c) October, 1942.
(d) November, 1944.

5. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?
(a) King’s College, Cambridge.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Minnesota.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?

2. What was the name of George Stout’s wife?

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

4. What does “MFAA” stand for?

5. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 232 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample