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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: “Germany,” Chapters 24-29.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Trier, Germany.
(b) Siegen, Germany.
(c) Nuremberg, Germany.
(d) Salzburg, Austria.

2. When did the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?
(a) October, 1944.
(b) January, 1943.
(c) November, 1944.
(d) October, 1942.

3. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?
(a) Maryland.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Ohio.

5. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?
(a) January 28, 1945.
(b) August 27, 1942.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) September 7, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?

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

3. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?

4. Who was assigned to inspect monuments in Sicily on his own with no resources or assistance and once in Italy became buried by bureaucracy, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission”?

5. Who is described in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 26 as “a curator at the National Gallery who had helped evacuate its prized works to the Biltmore Estate in 1941”?

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