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

2. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?
(a) Langdon Warner.
(b) Johannes Vermeer.
(c) Captain Robert Posey.
(d) Rose Valland.

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) July 17, 1944.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) March 18, 1945.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?
(a) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach’s.
(b) Adolf Hitler’s.
(c) Gauleiter Eigruber’s.
(d) William the Conqueror’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

2. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?

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

4. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

5. It was March of what year when the Germans annexed Austria?

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