1. On what date did George Stout arrive in Bernterode, Germany, to assess the mine there?
(a) May 1, 1945.
(b) September 7, 1944.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) April 16, 1945.

2. Before World War II, what had been the population of Cologne, Germany?
(a) Almost 250,000.
(b) Almost 800,000.
(c) Almost 300,000.
(d) Almost 100,000.

3. What painting by Raphael was officially listed as missing among the masterpieces stolen from the Czartoryski Collection in Cracow?
(a) Portrait of a Young Man.
(b) Madonna on a Blanket.
(c) Girl with a Pearl Earring.
(d) Child in the Forest.

4. To whom did Rose Valland send a bottle of champagne when the Germans swept down on the Allied lines in the Ardennes, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 23?
(a) Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein.
(b) Captain Robert Posey.
(c) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.
(d) Lieutenant George Stout.

5. Who wrote the chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera?
(a) Archibald MacLeish.
(b) Langdon Warner.
(c) Christopher Isherwood.
(d) Lamont Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assigned to inspect monuments in Sicily on his own with no resources or assistance and once in Italy became buried by bureaucracy, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission”?

2. What does “MFAA” stand for?

3. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

4. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?

5. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

(see the answer key)

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