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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. 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 18, 1945.
(c) April 16, 1943.
(d) March 6, 1944.

2. 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?
(a) March 6, 1944.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) February 15, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

3. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?
(a) 21.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

4. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?

3. When was the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, established?

4. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?

5. When was James Rorimer assigned to Paris, where he was to protect fifty-two official monuments, assist hundreds of Nazi looting victims, and track down many hundreds of missing public monuments?

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