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

2. On what date were America's cultural leaders called to a meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Metropolitan Museum director Francis Henry Taylor, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) December 20, 1941.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) June 26, 1939.
(d) May 27, 1944.

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

4. What literary review had Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein founded while attending Harvard?
(a) Fox and Hound.
(b) National Lampoon.
(c) Hound and Horn.
(d) Cambridge Literary Journal.

5. 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) Lamont Moore.
(b) Sheldon Keck.
(c) Paul Sachs.
(d) Rose Valland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51 means leaving no doubt or ambiguity?

2. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?

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

4. What was the name of the Heilbronn mine’s vice director in April of 1945?

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

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