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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. 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?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The Suermondt Museum.
(c) The Jeu de Paume Museum.
(d) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2. On what date did the Führer give the ERR the authorization to “search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of the west for material valuable to Germany, and to safeguard the latter through the Gestapo”?
(a) February 15, 1944.
(b) August 27, 1942.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) September 17, 1940.

3. Who was the first of the Monuments Men to visit the abbey at Monte Cassino to inspect the ruins?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Major Ernest DeWald.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.

4. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1929.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the name of Walker Hancock’s wife?

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

4. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21, the official role of the ERR was to provide material for whose “scholarly” institutes?

5. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?

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