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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 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.

2. 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) 5.
(b) 21.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

3. 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”?
(a) John Gettens.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Johannes Vermeer.
(d) Sheldon Keck.

4. It was March of what year when the Germans annexed Austria?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1938.

5. What does “LST” stand for?
(a) Landing Ship, Tanks.
(b) Last Significant Territory.
(c) Lost Station Tank.
(d) Last Standing Table.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?

2. 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?

3. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?

4. Rose Valland became volunteer assistant curator at what museum in 1932?

5. What archeological colleague of Colonel Wheeler’s “happened to be serving as an artillery captain in a unit near Leptis Magna,” according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

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