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

2. When did the Battle of Aachen take place?
(a) September 1-12, 1943.
(b) December 12-18, 1944.
(c) October 2-21, 1944.
(d) March 12-20, 1944.

3. What is the date of Rosenberg’s transmittal letter to Hitler accompanying albums of photographs of works of art stolen for the Führermuseum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 7?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) July 17, 1944.

4. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?
(a) July 17, 1944.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) March 18, 1945.
(d) August 27, 1942.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date were America's cultural leaders called to a meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Metropolitan Museum director Francis Henry Taylor, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?

2. 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?

3. Who rallied the survivors of the attack at Omaha Beach with the rallying cry, “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here,” according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

4. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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