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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. What German city did the Allied troops take over on Hitler’s birthday on April 20, 1945?
(a) Trier.
(b) Heilbronn.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Siegen.

2. What was the name of Robert Posey’s wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Alice.

3. 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) November, 1944.
(c) October, 1942.
(d) January, 1943.

4. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?
(a) March 20, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) March 18, 1945.
(d) September 7, 1944.

5. Who was the “guide” that led George Stout and the others into Siegen, Germany on April 2, 1945?
(a) Vicar Stephany.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Monsieur George.
(d) Gauleiter Eigruber.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?

3. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?

4. What is the title of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21?

5. When did the Battle of Aachen take place?

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