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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. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) 72.
(b) 45.
(c) 66.
(d) 56.

2. 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?
(a) Major Tom Howie.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(d) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.

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

4. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Canterbury.

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?
(a) September, 1943.
(b) October, 1942.
(c) January, 1943.
(d) November, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Walker Hancock’s wife?

2. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?

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

4. What was the name of George Stout’s wife?

5. For what factory did Harry Ettlinger work to support his family while he was still in high school?

(see the answer key)

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