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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. Who had issued an executive order stating that important artistic and historical sites were not to be bombed in one of his last acts before leaving Italy, prior to the bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Major Ernest DeWald.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

2. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) Benito Mussolini.
(b) Heinrich Hoffman.
(c) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(d) Hermann Göring.

3. When did Captain Walter Hancock arrive in Aachen, Germany, to assess the situation there, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) October, 1942.
(b) November, 1944.
(c) September, 1943.
(d) January, 1943.

4. What is the date of the letter from Hitler directing Dr. Hans Posse on the construction of a museum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) August 27, 1942.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) December 20, 1941.
(d) June 26, 1939.

5. 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?
(a) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Private Harry Ettlinger.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?

2. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

3. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?

4. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?

5. On what date did George Stout breathe “the first warm air of a British spring,” according to the author in the beginning of Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

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