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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 did the Battle of Hürtgen Forest take place?
(a) September to December, 1944.
(b) August to September, 1943.
(c) January to February, 1944.
(d) March to May, 1944.

2. 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) Peacetime gardens.
(b) Spanish gardens.
(c) Cultivar gardens.
(d) Victory gardens.

3. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) February 15, 1944.
(b) September 7, 1944.
(c) April 16, 1943.
(d) March 18, 1945.

4. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Edward Albee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary review had Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein founded while attending Harvard?

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?

3. 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?

4. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

5. Where was Rose Valland born?

(see the answer key)

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