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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. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Albrecht Dürer.
(c) Johannes Vermeer.
(d) Hubert and Jan van Eyck.

2. In addition to the mine, a glass factory was also running at Heilbronn when Harry Ettlinger arrived in September of 1945. What products were being produced at the glass factory?
(a) Automobile windows.
(b) Submarine windows.
(c) Animal knickknacks.
(d) Coca-Cola bottles.

3. What is the date of the letter from Hitler directing Dr. Hans Posse on the construction of a museum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) April 16, 1943.
(b) December 20, 1941.
(c) June 26, 1939.
(d) August 27, 1942.

4. Where did Harry Ettlinger attend basic training for the Army?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) St. Louis, Missouri.
(d) Lexington, Kentucky.

5. Who had become James Rorimer’s personal translator in the summer of 1945?
(a) Captain Robert Posey.
(b) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(c) Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein.
(d) Rose Valland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Austrian that claimed to have been parachuted into the area [of Altaussee] by the British to organize resistance?

2. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53 refers to an ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform?

3. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

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

5. How many paintings were discovered at the repository in the Altausee mine?

(see the answer key)

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