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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Captain Walter Hancock found the catalogue of the articles from the museum at Aachen, he discovered that the most valuable items had been moved to what city in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) Siegen, Germany.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Nuremberg, Germany.
(d) Trier, Germany.

2. What was the name of George Stout’s wife?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Margie.

3. The view from La Gleize, Belgium, overlooks what forest?
(a) The Crooked Forest.
(b) The Ardennes Forest.
(c) North Sentinel Island Forest.
(d) The Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell Forest.

4. To whom did Rose Valland send a bottle of champagne when the Germans swept down on the Allied lines in the Ardennes, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 23?
(a) Captain Robert Posey.
(b) Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein.
(c) Lieutenant George Stout.
(d) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.

5. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) 45.
(b) 66.
(c) 72.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany?

3. What museum in Aachen had Captain Walter Hancock spent the past month at as he attempted to determine where the works of art had been moved, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?

4. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

5. 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?

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