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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. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) Benito Mussolini.
(b) Heinrich Hoffman.
(c) Hermann Göring.
(d) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.

2. 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?
(a) Siegen, Germany.
(b) Nuremberg, Germany.
(c) Trier, Germany.
(d) Salzburg, Austria.

3. The view from La Gleize, Belgium, overlooks what forest?
(a) The Ardennes Forest.
(b) North Sentinel Island Forest.
(c) The Crooked Forest.
(d) The Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell Forest.

4. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) Sheldon Keck.
(b) Paul Sachs.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) Rose Valland.

5. Who was the director of the French National Museums that had the Louvre's works of art transported to the French countryside before Germany's invasion in 1940?
(a) Hermann Göring.
(b) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(c) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(d) Jacques Jaujard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “semper fidelis” translate to in English?

2. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?

3. Where was Albrecht Dürer born?

4. What was the name of the local Nazi gouleiter (governor) at Altaussee that loaded crates of bombs into the salt mine where the relics were held?

5. How many gallons of water were leaked into the Heilbronn mine every day from the Neckar River?

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