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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapters 53-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Rosenberg’s transmittal letter to Hitler accompanying albums of photographs of works of art stolen for the Führermuseum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 7?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) August 27, 1942.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) April 16, 1943.

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

3. Who wrote the draft lecture for soldiers in 1944 that is excerpted in the opening of Part V: “The Aftermath”?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(c) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(d) Captain Walker Hancock.

4. Where did Walker Hancock locate Weyres, Count Wolff-Metternich’s assistant, in March of 1945?
(a) Bad Godesberg, Germany.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(d) Siegen, Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what date did the German forces surrender in Italy?

4. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

5. The Madonna of La Gleize was moved to the cellar of whose house following the Battle of the Bulge?

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