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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 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”?
(a) Captain Mason Hammond.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Lieutenant George Stout.
(d) Colonel George A. Taylor.

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

3. When was the Red-White-Red-Book published by the Austrian government?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1951.

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

5. Who was described as “Adolf Hitler’s close friend and personal photographer” in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?
(a) Heinrich Hoffman.
(b) Rose Valland.
(c) Albrecht Dürer.
(d) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did a Jewish merchant named Seligmann establish himself in Karlsruhe, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

2. Where was Harry Ettlinger living when he was drafted into the army?

3. In July/August of 1945, a building at Marburg University was requisitioned for the collection of archives of the Monuments Men. Who was placed in charge of this facility?

4. What field refers to the technical art of preserving older or damaged works of art?

5. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

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