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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. Around what year did Seligmann’s descendants choose the surname Ettlinger?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1900.

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

3. 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) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(b) Hermann Göring.
(c) Jacques Jaujard.
(d) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.

4. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?
(a) February 15, 1944.
(b) June 6, 1944.
(c) May 27, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

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?
(a) Paul Sachs.
(b) Rose Valland.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Lamont Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor and catapult the U.S. into World War II?

2. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?

3. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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