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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: “The Void,” Chapters 44-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein in December of 1944?
(a) 25.
(b) 32.
(c) 45.
(d) 37.

4. Who painted St. Paul in Prison?
(a) Johannes Vermeer.
(b) Albrecht Dürer.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Rembrandt.

5. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?
(a) January, 1943.
(b) October, 1944.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) October, 1942.

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the name of Adolf Hitler’s personal assistant?

3. Who was friends with Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein and the Librarian of Congress in 1944?

4. On what date did the Führer give the ERR the authorization to “search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of the west for material valuable to Germany, and to safeguard the latter through the Gestapo”?

5. Who rallied the survivors of the attack at Omaha Beach with the rallying cry, “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here,” according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

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