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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. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The French.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The British.

2. When was Rose Valland born?
(a) July 7, 1907.
(b) November 1, 1898.
(c) March 15, 1899.
(d) September 12, 1901.

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

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) December 20, 1941.
(c) June 26, 1939.
(d) April 16, 1943.

5. What Austrian city did Hitler intend to redevelop into his own version of Florence, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) Linz, Austria.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Vienna, Austria.
(d) Altaussee, Austria.

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. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?

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

4. 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”?

5. On what date did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor and catapult the U.S. into World War II?

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