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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera eventually became the basis for what musical?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Cabaret.
(c) Cats.
(d) The Sound of Music.

2. During what years was Franklin D. Roosevelt in office as President of the U.S.?
(a) 1931-1945.
(b) 1933-1945.
(c) 1936-1942.
(d) 1939-1945.

3. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?
(a) July 17, 1944.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) March 18, 1945.
(d) August 27, 1942.

4. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?
(a) 21.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

5. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) 72.
(b) 45.
(c) 66.
(d) 56.

6. Who was the first Monuments Man to tour the valley of La Gleize, Belgium, after the Battle of the Bulge?
(a) Rose Valland.
(b) Bill Lesley.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Lamont Moore.

7. The First Reich refers to what empire?
(a) The Holy Roman Empire.
(b) The Egyptian Empire.
(c) The Nazi Empire.
(d) The Greek Empire.

8. What does “MFAA” stand for?
(a) Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives.
(b) Monuments, Final Acts, and Associations.
(c) Metropolitan Financial Account Activities.
(d) Monuments of the Fair Act Association.

9. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1911.

10. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?
(a) July 17, 1944.
(b) December 20, 1941.
(c) April 16, 1943.
(d) June 6, 1944.

11. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The British.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The French.

12. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?
(a) October 10, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) September 16, 1944.

13. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?
(a) March 6, 1944.
(b) July 17, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) September 7, 1944.

14. The Madonna of La Gleize was moved to the cellar of whose house following the Battle of the Bulge?
(a) Sheldon Keck’s house.
(b) Monsieur George’s house.
(c) Rose Valland’s house.
(d) Albrecht Dürer’s house.

15. Around what year did Seligmann’s descendants choose the surname Ettlinger?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

2. Who wrote the chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera?

3. 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?

4. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?

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

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