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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. 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) December 20, 1941.
(b) June 26, 1939.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) April 16, 1943.

2. 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?
(a) Gauleiter Eigruber’s.
(b) Hermann Göring’s.
(c) Alfred Rosenberg’s.
(d) Emmerich Pöchmüller’s.

3. When was the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, established?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1645.
(c) 1598.
(d) 1715.

4. What was the name of Walker Hancock’s wife?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Saima.
(d) Katherine.

5. In what year did a Jewish merchant named Seligmann establish himself in Karlsruhe, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1725.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1625.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the Monuments Men were still in their twenties, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

2. When was James Rorimer assigned to Paris, where he was to protect fifty-two official monuments, assist hundreds of Nazi looting victims, and track down many hundreds of missing public monuments?

3. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?

4. On what date did Harry Ettlinger ship out to basic training?

5. 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?

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