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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 name refers to vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort?
(a) Spanish gardens.
(b) Cultivar gardens.
(c) Peacetime gardens.
(d) Victory gardens.

2. According to the author, Givet, Belgium was a replacement depot when Harry Ettlinger arrived there. What term did the men call this staging area for replacement troops?
(a) A “repple depple.”
(b) A “lion’s gate.”
(c) A “cross-depot.”
(d) A “timble bimble.”

3. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) August 27, 1942.

4. 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.

5. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assigned by Stout to assist the newest U.S. Ninth Army Monuments officer, Walter “Hutch” Huchthausen, in December of 1944?

2. 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”?

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

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

5. When did Walker Hancock arrive in La Gleize, Belgium, following the Battle of the Bulge?

(see the answer key)

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